Panaji:The ongoing political tussle in Goa between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the opposition Congress seems far from over.
A day after Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant charged the previous Congress government led by ex-Chief Minister Digambar Kamat of increasing the coal handling limit of Goa's Mormugao Port Trust by 5 million tonnes in 2012, another former Chief Minister and senior Goa Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro on Saturday flayed the ruling BJP government, saying if the previous Congress dispensation had erred, the present BJP government must make amends to scrap the decision.
"I have a document showing that former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat gave permission to increase coal handling by 5 million tonnes at the Mormugao Port Trust on March 2, 2012 and while the code of conduct was on in the state, coal was not brought by us. Instead it was brought by the Congress which is responsible for leaving Goa in such a state," said Sawant on Friday night at a public meeting in North Goa's Parra village.
Speaking to reporters in Panaji on Saturday, Congress' Faleiro, however, said if the Congress erred in the past, the Sawant-led BJP government must make amends, especially in the wake of the recent protests by the opposition and civil society groups.
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"If the Congress made a mistake, the state government must scrap the projects," Faleiro said.