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‘Goa Congmen indicted in mining probe report’
The Shah Commission, tasked with probing illegal mining in the State, has reportedly named senior State Congressmen in its report which is yet to be made public, State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Laxmikant Parsenkar said on Monday.
Responding to charges made by AICC secretary Sudhakar Reddy, who had said that the BJP Government, despite its claims, was actually controlled by and in favour of the mining lobby.
“Everyone in Goa knows which Government was being supported by the mining lobby. The Shah Commission report is clear. It will expose everything. There are names of several Congressmen in the report and all their account of illegal mining in Goa,” Parsenkar said.
He further prodded Reddy to go ahead and urge his Government at the Centre to expedite the release of the report.
“We request Reddyji to implore with the Congress Government at the Centre to release the report. They have kept it hidden. Let everyone come to know what is there in it,” Parsekar who is also the minister for health said.
When in the Opposition, especially in the days in the run up to the elections, the BJP had accused the Congress-led coalition Government of hushing up a mining scam to the tune of `25,000 crore. They even directly blamed the Chief Minister and several other Ministers for it.
However, now on the other side of the fence, the party has gone silent so far with no action being taken against the Congressmen for involvement in illegal mining.
The Shah Commission, tasked with probing illegal mining in the State, has reportedly named senior State Congressmen in its report which is yet to be made public, State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Laxmikant Parsenkar said on Monday.
Responding to charges made by AICC secretary Sudhakar Reddy, who had said that the BJP Government, despite its claims, was actually controlled by and in favour of the mining lobby.
“Everyone in Goa knows which Government was being supported by the mining lobby. The Shah Commission report is clear. It will expose everything. There are names of several Congressmen in the report and all their account of illegal mining in Goa,” Parsenkar said.
He further prodded Reddy to go ahead and urge his Government at the Centre to expedite the release of the report.
“We request Reddyji to implore with the Congress Government at the Centre to release the report. They have kept it hidden. Let everyone come to know what is there in it,” Parsekar who is also the minister for health said.
When in the Opposition, especially in the days in the run up to the elections, the BJP had accused the Congress-led coalition Government of hushing up a mining scam to the tune of `25,000 crore. They even directly blamed the Chief Minister and several other Ministers for it.
However, now on the other side of the fence, the party has gone silent so far with no action being taken against the Congressmen for involvement in illegal mining.
