MARGAO, DEC 3
Reiterating its demand for accountability from the GIDC Directors instrumental in the fraudulent allotment of land for SEZs, the SEZ Virodhi Manch has called a meeting at Keri on December 4 to finalise an action plan to ensure that appropriate penal action is initiated against the politicians involved in the huge scam of SEZs in Goa.
SVM working president Charles Fernandes has also requested Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to initiate an independent inquiry or a CBI investigation into the scam and initiate appropriate action against the GIDC Board of Directors and also set in motion the process for the reversal of the acquired land for the villagers.
He said though the people were repeatedly demanding that the government pursue the de-notification of the three notified SEZs, the centre not only failed to denotify the SEZ and withdraw the approvals granted to other four SEZ, but on the contrary granted renewals to the four approved SEZs from time to time
“Now after SVM members have filed petitions in the Courts and quashed the allotments of the lands for SEZs through the judgement of the hon’ble High Court, it is interesting to see that MP Shantaram Naik and Commerce Minister Anand Sharma are in a hurry to de-notify the notified SEZs in the State. Their latest spin in the media about denotifying SEZs in Goa is meaningless as the denotification of notified SEZs and withdrawal of formal approvals of other four SEZs is a mere formality as the Courts have cited in the judgement “The notifications of notified SEZs have been issued on the basis of the allotment of the lands by GIDC. As the allotment of the lands is held to be illegal, notifications cannot be acted upon now. (Page 188-189 of judgement)”, he added
“Today politicians can be seen playing blame games naming ex-Chief Minister and ex-Industries Minister for their role in the fraudulent allotment and clarifications are being made that their role was only recommendatory in nature. The actual culprits who are responsible for the fraudulent allotment are the members of the Board of Directors of the GIDC instrumental in allotting the lands to the companies for SEZs are today mum and lying low, including MLA and GIDC chairman Chandrakant Kavlekar, Minister for Power & Environment Aleixo Sequeira, ex-president of GCCI Nitin Kunkolienkar, Keshav Kamat and ex-managing director A V Palekar”, Fernandes said, adding that the historic judgment of the honorable High Court has passed strictures against the Goa Industrial Development Board for allotting approximately 39 lakh sq mtrs illegally and in undue haste without scrutiny of applications and without application of mind.
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