Dona Paula: Congress President Rahul Gandhi Friday assured that the sustainable mining in Goa would be resumed once party is voted to power in 2019 election.
Gandhi was addressing “jeet ki aur” a booth level workers convention in Goa near Panaji.
“The closure of mining has affected lakhs of people. We have decided that Congress party will start sustainable mining in Goa, once voted to power in 2019 election,” Gandhi said.
The mining industry in Goa has been closed down since last year after Surpreme Court quashed 88 mining leases. The people dependent on mining industry are demanding that existing mining laws should be amended to give new lease of life for the industry.
Gandhi said that first Goa was Centre of Tourism which is affected after demonetisation. “Now Modiji is busy making Goa a coal centre to help his cronie capital,” he said.
“The employment has disappeared from Goa, Tourism too has disappeared,” he said.
Referring the party’s booth level workers as backbone of the organization, Gandhi said that there is no dearth of issues for the party workers while campaigning during the elections.
“You will have to take the issues to every household,” he said.
