Congress provides seven-day ‘ultimatum’ to Goa CM to sentence Shah’s remarks on Mahadayi river subject

By PTI

PANAJI: The opposition Congress on Saturday requested Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to sentence inside every week the remarks of Union Home Minister Amit Shah whereby he stated the BJP had resolved the Mahadayi river dispute and given the water to Karnataka.

Goa and the neighbouring southern state have been engaged in a tussle over sharing of the river water for a number of years.

Goa has typically accused Karnataka of continuing unilaterally within the matter by ignoring pacts.

Congress leaders together with get together’s Goa desk-in-charge Manickam Tagore, state Congress president Amit Patkar, opposition chief Yuri Alemao, and South Goa MP Francis Sardinha participated in a gathering on Saturday.

Addressing a press convention, Patkar stated if the Goa chief minister would not condemn Shah’s remarks by Friday, it can show “Goa has sold Mahadayi river to Karnataka for politics”.

“No amount of statements by proxy ministers is sufficient for the people of Goa. Goa wants to know the truth only from the mouth of Pramod Sawant. We are giving him one-week time,” Patkar stated quoting the decision handed on the assembly.

Addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rally at Belagavi in poll-bound Karnataka final Saturday, Shah stated, “I want to tell you (people) that the BJP, by resolving the long-standing dispute between both states, has given Mahadayi water to Karnataka and, thereby, ensured farmers in several districts here are benefited”.

As Shah’s remarks induced a flutter, the Opposition events in Goa demanded CM Sawant’s resignation for “not taking a stand” over the Mahadayi subject.

Sawant had stated there can be no compromise on the difficulty and the federal government has been working to guard Mahadayi river water from being diverted.

Patkar stated the Congress will stage protests in Panaji and Margao on February 6 in opposition to the “scam involving Gautam Adani, LIC, and the SBI”.

He alleged the Central authorities was “trying to protect Adani by using the money of the common people through SBI and LIC”.

Tagore stated Congress is working to rebuild the group.

“The organization will be built to capture the hearts of the people of Goa in 2024 by winning both the Lok Sabha seats. We will continue our fight against the corrupt BJP-led government in the state,” he stated.

The opposition had stalled the proceedings of Parliament demanding a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the allegations of fraud and inventory manipulation in opposition to the Adani Group.

PANAJI: The opposition Congress on Saturday requested Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to sentence inside every week the remarks of Union Home Minister Amit Shah whereby he stated the BJP had resolved the Mahadayi river dispute and given the water to Karnataka.

Goa and the neighbouring southern state have been engaged in a tussle over sharing of the river water for a number of years.

Goa has typically accused Karnataka of continuing unilaterally within the matter by ignoring pacts.

Congress leaders together with get together’s Goa desk-in-charge Manickam Tagore, state Congress president Amit Patkar, opposition chief Yuri Alemao, and South Goa MP Francis Sardinha participated in a gathering on Saturday.

Addressing a press convention, Patkar stated if the Goa chief minister would not condemn Shah’s remarks by Friday, it can show “Goa has sold Mahadayi river to Karnataka for politics”.

“No amount of statements by proxy ministers is sufficient for the people of Goa. Goa wants to know the truth only from the mouth of Pramod Sawant. We are giving him one-week time,” Patkar stated quoting the decision handed on the assembly.

Addressing the Bharatiya Janata Party’s rally at Belagavi in poll-bound Karnataka final Saturday, Shah stated, “I want to tell you (people) that the BJP, by resolving the long-standing dispute between both states, has given Mahadayi water to Karnataka and, thereby, ensured farmers in several districts here are benefited”.

As Shah’s remarks induced a flutter, the Opposition events in Goa demanded CM Sawant’s resignation for “not taking a stand” over the Mahadayi subject.

Sawant had stated there can be no compromise on the difficulty and the federal government has been working to guard Mahadayi river water from being diverted.

Patkar stated the Congress will stage protests in Panaji and Margao on February 6 in opposition to the “scam involving Gautam Adani, LIC, and the SBI”.

He alleged the Central authorities was “trying to protect Adani by using the money of the common people through SBI and LIC”.

Tagore stated Congress is working to rebuild the group.

“The organization will be built to capture the hearts of the people of Goa in 2024 by winning both the Lok Sabha seats. We will continue our fight against the corrupt BJP-led government in the state,” he stated.

The opposition had stalled the proceedings of Parliament demanding a probe by a Joint Parliamentary Committee into the allegations of fraud and inventory manipulation in opposition to the Adani Group.