Panaji: Goa Congress has criticised State Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte for saying that most of the objections filed against Jetty Policy were “cut paste” work.
“It appears that Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte has completely lost it after joining BJP.
“He is clueless on operational scope of his own department. He needs some coaching,” Congress Media Cell Chairman Amarnath Panjikar said in a statement Thursday.
Panjikar shared a video of former Aldona BJP MLA Glen Ticklo, who had charged that the “Tourism Policy and Master Plan” was “copy paste” work of the consultant, and demanded that Khaunte must tell the people what was the intent of the consultant for doing “Copy Paste” work of the Master Plan and Tourism Policy which cost almost Rs 5 crore to 6 crore.
He also questioned the recent order promulgated by the Tourism Department which gave power to police to imprison those who are involved in creating nuisance.
“How can Tourism Department give powers to Police who come under Home Department,” Panjikar questioned.
“It is high time that Rohan Khaunte stops playing to the gallery by making statements and announcements of proposals or plans which are not coming under his jurisdiction.
“He should first act against corrupt and fraud officials of Tourism Department and Goa Tourism Development Corporation who are responsible for the mess,” the Congress leader demanded.
“I once again appeal to the Tourism Minister to show guts and come out with a white paper on various tourism projects launched by BJP government in last 10 years and their present status.
“Let him come clean on the beach cleaning scam which he himself had exposed when he was an Independent MLA.
“Let him reveal the details of total staff strength engaged by Tourism Department to monitor various activities on Beaches and other tourist locations,” the Congress leader demanded.
