BJP under pressure to file FIR against alleged former CMs

04 Dec 2012 Evaluate

The current BJP-led Goa government is under pressure to file FIR against former chief ministers Pratapsing Rane and Digambar Kamat for their alleged involvement in the mining scandal.

 According to the Justice M B Shah Commission report, which exposed the scam, the delay in renewing the mines leases was allegedly improperly condoned by Kamat and Rane in their respective tenures as chief ministers. The Supreme Court, hearing the public interest litigation, has banned all mining activity in the state from October. Moreover, the chief secretary's letter also points to a nexus among politicians involved in the scam, a fact underlined in the Shah Commission report too.

However, after protesting and campaigning against illegal mining in Goa for nearly a decade as opposition leader, Manohar Parrikar, now chief minister, has gone out of his way to back the mining industry, his critics have alleged.

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