Appoint full-fledged Guv for Goa to tackle Covid crisis: Opp
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Digambar Kamat. . Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, April 28 : The Opposition in Goa has urged the central government to appoint a full-time Governor for Goa in order to tackle the worsening Covid-19 situation in the coastal state, while also accusing the state government of mishandling the crisis.
In a statement issued on Wednesday Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat also thanked Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh for calling a meeting of Governors and Lt. Governors and urging them to take utilise the help of ex- servicemen, nurses, lab technicians and retired army personnel to deal with the Covid crisis, as well as getting the Indian armed forces onboard in the country s Covid-19 management efforts.
BJP minister warned against blaming Parrikar for mining shut down
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Panaji, Jan 27 : A day after Goa s Ports Minister Michael Lobo slammed former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar for taking wrong decisions related to the closure of mines and starting a government-backed taxi aggregator service, state BJP President Sadanand Shet Tanavade said on Wednesday that the minister has been warned against making such utterances. Manohar Parrikar was not just Goa s tallest BJP leader, but he was also a pan-India leader. We have summoned Lobo and warned him against making such comments against Parrikar. Not just Lobo, no one else in the party should make such comments about Parrikar, Tanavade said.