Former Goa Chief Minister and Congress MLA Ravi Naik on Wednesday stated Goa bought statehood in a rush and ought to be made a Union Territory like Jammu and Kashmir.
He stated that Goa ought to get a grant from the Center to extend its income and turn out to be a self-reliant state.
Leader of Opposition within the Assembly and senior Congress chief Digambar Kamat, nevertheless, stated Naik’s assertion was his personal and never that of the celebration.
The Chief Minister ought to attempt to get grants to make the state self-reliant. We bought statehood in a rush…. When we have been union territories, we have been getting all of the grants and improvement was going down. People ought to take into consideration this… how this occurred in Kashmir. The state authorities and the central authorities ought to give it some thought,” Naik informed the media.
Goa, which is a part of the previous union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu, bought statehood on 30 May 1987.
With only a few months left for the meeting elections, Naik stated he was able to contest from any one of many three meeting constituencies – Shiroda, Markaim and Ponda. Without specifying whether or not he would contest on a Congress ticket, Naik stated, “A person works, not a party symbol. People know me by the name of Ravi Naik and that’s how I will contest elections.”
Naik’s sons Roy and Ritesh had joined the BJP in August final yr.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
