Mining Ban lifted but Scamsters still free: GSRP While it is heartening to know that the Supreme Court has lifted the mining ban on Goa, the people of Goa will have to wait for a Goa Su-Raj Party (GSRP) MP in Parliament and its government in the Assembly if they expect any action against the mining companies and politicians responsible for estimated mining scam of Rs 35000 crore as reported in the Justice MB Shah Commission report. "Former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has been indicted in the illegal mining report and other former CMs like Parrikar and Rane. Politicians such as Subash Shirodkar, Filipe Neri Rodrigues and Joaquim Alemao are known to have been involved in some form to facilitate illegal mining in Goa and have profited from the scam. Mining companies such as Fomentos, Chowghules & Sesa have all violated the rules stipulated for legal mining in Goa. The BJP government is moving at a snail place in booking the culprits, clearly indicating a nexus between both political parties and mining companies," expressed Savio Rodrigues, Secretary & President (Youth Affairs). Mining dependent people would find relief with news of the lifting of the ban. However, it is now incumbent on the people of Goa to force the government to make mining a state-owned corporation rather than letting a few mining families indicted in the Shah Commission report to reap the benefits of the lifting of the mining ban. Goa Su-Raj Party (GSRP) has already declared in its Lok Sabha manifesto that it would ensure that mining, which is a state-owned resource, is structured into a state-owned corporation and we urge to people to support GSRP in this demand, further elaborated Rodrigues. "If the government intends to bring to book the mining scamsters, then it should take up GSRP's challenge to recover 10 per cent of the Rs 35000 crore mining scam money in seven-months and the balance in the remaining 29 months. But BJP and Congress will both not train their guns towards the mining companies or politicians," elucidated Rodrigues. Sd/- Savio Rodrigues Secretary & President (Youth Affairs) Goa Su-Raj Party Mob:+919764447313 Website: www.goasu-raj.org --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
