Panaji

The Shiv Sena has demanded that the BJP should speak on the ban on iron ore mining and export in Goa.

“Shiv Sena feels it is about time the BJP broke its silence over the mining crisis, affecting nearly a lakh of people, especially after its own alliance partner Goa Forward Party has come out openly against the ruling party on this issue,” Sena’s state spokesperson Rakhi Prabhudesai Naik said.

The BJP was entirely responsible for the current situation of the mining industry, Naik alleged.

“The party might be waiting for elections to come and then do a stunt of approaching various agencies to resume the mining,” she said.

The GFP should withdraw its support to the government if it means what it says, the Sena spokesperson said