Goa oppn MLAs wear black armbands, demand discussion on coal transport
Goa opposition MLAs wore black armbands and raised black placards on the inaugural day of the state legislative assembly, amid fears of increased coal transportation through Goa.
Immediately after Goa Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari delivered his inaugural address, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat slammed the state government for convening a five-day session, saying the coastal state was plagued with “burning issues” and demanded that the tenure of the session be extended to 20 days.
“At the recent business advisory committee meeting, we had demanded a full fledged session. Last year, the Assembly was in session for only seven days. We should have this session for at least 20 days,” Kamat said.
Another opposition MLA former Deputy Chief Minister and Goa Forward party president Vijai Sardesai said that the first agenda to be discussed in the Assembly had to be related to the coal issue.
“Discuss coal first before any other topic. We hoped that the governor’s speech would have a mention of coal in it, but there was nothing,” Sardesai said.
