BJP to seek special status for Goa

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Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will move a resolution in the ensuing session of the Goa Assembly seeking special status for the tourist state.

"There is large-scale migration into the state because of which the infrastructure has collapsed. We have limited resources within which we have to manage," leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar told reporters in Panaji on Saturday.

The BJP has worked out a strategy for the Assembly session beginning from August 18.

"We want the special status on par with Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand wherein we can control the financial and land dealings while stopping the demographic changes happening in the state," the former chief minister said.

The BJP has taken strong objection to both mega housing projects and slums, mushrooming across Goa due to increased migration into the coastal state having a population of 14 lakhs.

"The land dealings should be controlled or else we will not leave any land for our posterity," Parrikar said.

The Opposition party has clarified that they are not seeking special status on par with Jammu and Kashmir (under Article 370).

"The status will be sought under Article 371 of the Constitution," he said, briefing media at state BJP headquarters in Panaji.


Courtesy:ndtv.com
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