Panaji, Nov 2 (IANS): Congress leader Girish Chodankar on Wednesday asked Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to act against corrupt ministers.
Chodankar said, “If the CM can suspend government employees for wrongdoings, then what stops him from taking action against corrupt ministers.”
Sawant on Monday had said that in the last four years as the Chief Minister, eight or nine employees have been suspended. “Even major vigilance complaints were filed against 10 to 12 staff. We do it for transparent governance and to give justice to the public,” he had said, while appealing to the people to approach the Public Grievances Cell to make the state corruption free.
Reacting to his appeal, Chodankar said that Pramod Sawant was trying to divert attention from the corruption issues that were grappling the state government.
“By now one thing is clear that the BJP can’t live without doing corruption. Hence, the time frame is not set for any work, and Sawant is not taking action against his ministers. If he can suspend the government employees then why no action on corrupt ministers,” he questioned.
“If Pramod Sawant is true to his intention then he should first act on 21 reports submitted against the public functionaries, including former and current ministers by the then Goa Lokayukta Justice (Retired) Prafulla Kumar Misra,” Chodankar said.
Chodankar said that whenever there were allegations against the cabinet ministers or the BJP MLAs, Sawant safeguards them by diverting…
