Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat today said that the State government did not want the controversial Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in the State.
Kamat, who met Congress President Sonia Gandhi today, said the people of the State are opposed to SEZs. “We do not want anything against the wishes of the people,” he added.
All India Congress Committee General Secretary B K Hari Prasad, who is also the party in-charge of Goa, added, “The Congress is with the people of the State on the issue.”
The chief minister did not specify if he discussed the SEZ issue and the accompanying political problems in the State with Sonia.
Kamat said the SEZs can come up only on land where one crop is grown. “In Goa, two crops are grown. Moreover, land is a scarce commodity in the State,” he said.
The chief minister said not much work has been done on the SEZs, approved by the previous National Democratic Alliance government so far. “We will apprise the courts of our position when the matter comes up for hearing later this month,” he added.
-Herald, Goa Daily
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