Cong demand extension of session
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BICHOLIM: Even as the opposition Congress is all set to taken on the ruling BJP in the three days budget session the special CLP meeting of the congress decided to strongly demand for extension of the session from three to a minimum of ten days.
Today a special CLP meeting was held at Hotel D’Leela at Mulgao in Bicholim to chalk out the plan and discuss the questions to be raised during the upcoming session to begin from tomorrow.
“This is the first time that our CLP meeting is held in a rural taluka of North Goa. This is because we thought that if such meetings are held in talukas then we would be able to know the problems of those talukas” opposition leader, Chandrakant (Babu) Kavlekar told adding “today’s meeting was to discuss the budget planning as to how we can confront the BJP and for floor co-ordination.”
He told that they wanted that the session should have been extended and only three days session is very short. “We have always demanded that from this three days session nothing fruitful will come out. There are some serious issues facing Goans and we would not get any time to discuss on these issues” Kavlekar told.
He said that government has not done anything for the people who are affected b mining. “They are just playing with the mining dependents by giving assurances and besides this they are not doing anything. Besides this there are several issues haunting Goans and to discuss this we needed some more days in the session. We strongly denounce this act of the BJP as we feel that opposition should be given enough time to put forth their questions before the government.” Kavlekar told.
Kavlekar told that Goa is going back on all fronts. “BJP is afraid that opposition would target them for doing nothing and totally failing on all fronts and this is the only reason that this session has been kept very short. “We will still demand in the assembly that the session should be extended. Tomorrow is the session but BJP has not given us answers we have raised. When should we study the cross questioning? There are six star questions submitted by each of our MLAs as it is just two days session but still there is no reply. We would have got a chance to see what government has done and we would have given some extra suggestions in those matters” he stated.
Alex Reginald told that there are several issues including the coal issue, Port Trust issue, garbage issue, CRZ issue, tourisim policy and hoard of issues which should have been discussed in the assembly but they would not get any time to do this.
“This is a systematic dictatorship that government is trying to impose on the people. We as opposition are not going to keep quite and allow this government to do whatever they want. On mining they should come out clean. There is rampant corruption in the state. DGP has built a bungalow in the state and we need to know who is benefited because of this high level corruption among the senior officers.” Alex told.
“We will put forth a constructing opposition during the session and in the general interest of the people” Alex explained.
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BICHOLIM: The Congress committee state president, Girish Chodankar hinting at the statement of the CM categorically asked the government to come in senses and then they would know the real josh of the people.
“Pahale hosh me to aao, baad me pata chalega josh kitna hai aur kitna nahi hai. (first come in your senses and they you would understand how much is the energy)” Chodankar lashed out at the CM on his statement after inaugurating the third Mandovi bridge.
“BJP should not think that just because the bridge is built there is all josh in the state. All BJP ministers are asleep and to know what is the real josh in the people they should first wakeup.” Chodankar stated adding “meet the people first to know their difficulties. CM should check how many hours residents from his constituency are getting water. During the bridge inauguration there was foul smell coming from the nearby sewage treatment plant which is a total failure.”
He asked how Goans will have josh or energy when there is unemployment among the youths and when mining, sand extraction, fishing, schemes for women is all halted. He said that just because of one bridge there would be no josh among the Goans. He also asked where is the fund for the MLA that was earlier promised by the CM.
“There is no development in Bicholim, Canacona and several other talukas. During the parliament election they would know what is the real josh of the people” Chodankar told.
“We had hopes that on the occasion of inaugurating the third Mandovi bridge the PM would visit the state and mining dependents would get chance to meet him. Even this hope has been dashed out and it is probably he was not willing to directly face the mining dependents or that he was not having any answer in this regard.” Kavlekar told.
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BICHOLIM: Congress today dodged the question of floor test and reiterated that they are not given any time for the coming assembly session.
When asked whether they would demand for a floor test the opposition leader, Babu Kavekar asked as to where is the time given to them.
“We are not given any time in the session and this is only a formality done by the BJP. All the things cannot be spoken openly and we only demand that the days should be extended” Kavlekar stated.