Panaji (GOA): With their MLA Digamber Kamat being investigated into the multi-core mining scam, the Congress party has accused the BJP led coalition government of using mining issue for fulfilling its political vendetta to ensure stability of the government.

In a press statement issued on Sunday, AICC secretary Girish Chodankar said that the congress party is against illegal mining but strongly condemns BJP’s move of using the issue for its political vendetta.

“It is not only the Congress Party but people of Goa are also wondering that BJP government is using mining issue once again to fulfill its political goal of ensuring stability of immoral Minority government, to keep pressure on the MLAs and keeping mine owners under constant strain in order to exploit them,” he said.

“Our party is against illegal mining and government should firmly deal with them but we are strongly against using it to fulfill BJP’s political vendetta and hidden agenda and to buy stability of the government,” Chodankar added.

Chodankar claimed that there is sudden intensified pressure on agencies like SIT on the issues like mining, the matter which was raised by BJP to win 2012 assembly elections by misleading people.

“While having absolute majority of 21 MLAs, BJP Government never thought of investigating into the mining scam but after the number of MLAs reduced to 13, BJP wants to strongly peruse the matter,” he said.

Chodankar said that if BJP were serious about mining scam they could have easily investigated during 2012-17 when they had absolute majority in Goa along with central government.

Team TNV