"We want the Goa government to pass a resolution on the floor of the House to remove all the six rivers from the National Waterways Act, 2016," Kavlekar added. Kavlekar said that the party had also written to Union minister for shipping Nitin Gadkari requesting him to delete all the six rivers from the proposal of nationalisation.



He claimed that the nationalisation of rivers is against the sentiments of the people. The Congress' decision came hours after Parrikar held a presentation for state MLAs, including from the opposition, and NGOs on the memorandum signed by the state with the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI).

Parrikar had refuted that the state would lose control over the rivers. The CM claimed that the exercise is "not nationalisation of rivers" but "notification of rivers as that of national importance".