Vijai Sardesai flays CM's refusal to approach national green tribunal

MARGAO: Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai said that chief minister Manohar Parrikar was committing political suicide by constantly making U-turns and said the latest statement made by Parrikar that there was no need to approach the national green tribunal (NGT) is yet another example of a U-turn.
While addressing mediapersons on Saturday, Sardesai condemned the statement of Parrikar and said that the national green tribunal was the only ray of hope for the government to get justice on the Mhadei river issue.
Vijay further stated that Parrikar was going soft on the issue considering that the dispute was with the Karnataka government who he pointed out was ruled by the BJP and thus Parrikar's partisan attitude to this issue.
While accusing Parrikar of being anti-green for stating that it was not necessary to approach the NGT, the independent MLA questioned why the former minister Nirmala Sawant was silent on the issue now considering she had championed the same cause in the past.
Sardesai further slammed the ongoing BJP Salcete membership drive and hit out at BJP general secretary and chairman of the state law commission Narendra Sawaikar who is personally supervising the membership drive.
Sardesai said that Sawaikar was so caught up with the membership drive that he showed no interest the workings of the law commission. He said that going by the statements made by Sawaikar at a recent public function in Margao on a bill for burial places, Sardesai pointed out that he had submitted 'The Goa Public Crematoria and Burial Places Bill, 2012' in the assembly but that the same was not placed on the floor of the house.
Sardesai alleged that Sawaikar and the BJP government would copy his draft bill and would present the same in the forthcoming assembly sessions by making a few changes.