Congress lacks political will to denotify three SEZs: BJP
Bharatiya Janata party on Saturday accused the Digamber Kamat led state government of lacking in 'political will' to denotify three Special Economic Zones in Goa.
By PTI |
PANAJI: Bharatiya Janata party on Saturday accused the Digamber Kamat led state government of lacking in 'political will' to denotify three Special Economic Zones in Goa.
"There is no political will on the part of Congress led state government to denotify three SEZs and this will be proved over a period of time," Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar told the media.
Talking at the sidelines of Republic Day parade, Parrikar said that the BJP is ready to cooperate with the Congress at the Centre to denotify these three SEZs.
"The Communist party is also willing to cooperate. Only Congress needs a political will to step ahead and get them denotified," the former Chief Minister said.
On the New Year eve, Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat had declared willingness to scrap 12 out of 15 SEZs. The government had later written to the Centre seeking to denotify three SEZs, which were approved by the Board of Approval.
However, the denotification issue had kicked off a controversy with the Board of Approvals expressing some reservations. Later, Goa Chief Minister met the Union Commerce Minister Kamal Nath seeking his intervention on the issue.
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"Why is government shying away from making the white paper on SEZs public? Why is the Chief Minister not making public the letter he wrote to the Centre seeking to denotify three SEZs," Parrikar questioned, alleging that the state government is handling the entire process half-heartedly. Download
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