CM felicitates Law Minister at Verna
PANJIM: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant felicitated Nuvem MLA and Minister for Law and Judiciary Aleixo Sequeira at a grand function organised recently at Nagoa-Verna.
The function was organised by the Nuvem Constituency Felicitation Committee, on behalf of the people of the constituency.
The Chief Minister said Sequeira has taken the step of joining BJP for infrastructural development and hence his constituents will be greatly benefitted .
Sawant said, “Our Prime Minister is laying stress on the upliftment of women, farmers, youth and the poor in the country. The scheme for providing free ration for poor has been extended by the Prime Minister for next five years. In a significant step towards enhancing accessibility and support for persons with disabilities (PwDs), the State government has opened up the Centre’s first Pradhan Mantri Divyansha Kendra (PMDK) at the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMC) that will offer temporary and permanent assistive aids to the Divyangs free of cost.”
Chief Minister said the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi recently celebrated Christmas with the Christian community. His interaction, imbued with warmth and respect, underscored the deep-rooted values of pluralism and inclusivity that are the bedrock of India’s vibrant democracy.
He said the Prime Minister also paid a visit to Pope Francis in the Vatican City and invited him to visit India.
An emotional Sequeira thanked the people for the love and trust in him which he said was his strength to go forward and work with more vigour for his people and Goa.
He said when he was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly two years ago, he had promised his people that he would not leave the party on which he was elected. However, the party got only 11 seats and the BJP formed the government. To take up development activities in the constituency, he said that it was necessary that one is in the government.
“During elections, I had made several promises and to fulfill those promises to the people of Goa, I was compelled to take this step, he said.
Sequeira said the Chief Minister arranged a Vailankanni tour for the people of the constituency people, recognition was granted to Marina Primary School, Verna, Betalbatim and Majorda underground cabling system was sanctioned.”
“There were issues pertaining to irregular supply of water. The Chief Minister on my request sanctioned 5,000 water tanks of 1,000 litres each under the MLA Local Area Development Scheme,” he said.
The same was launched at the function.
The minister said that the matter of regularisation of electricity employees was also taken up and the same has been sanctioned.
Rehabilitation Sanads were presented to the beneficiaries on the occasion.
Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly, Ramesh Tawadkar, BJP Party President and MP (Rajya Sabha), Sadanand Tanawade, Power Minister Ramkrishna alias Sudin Dhavlikar, Water Resources Minister Subhash Shirodkar, Agriculture Minister Ravi Naik spoke on the occasion.
Margao MLA and former chief minister Digambar Kamat, Commissioner NRI Affairs and former MP Narendra Sawaikar, former Rajya Sabha member Vinay Tendulkar, Zilla Panchayat Member and Chairperson of the Committee, Romania Rodrigues, ex-MLA Shri Damu Naik, Fr. Diogo Fernandes, Adv. Dileshwar Naik, president of the felicitation committee and Guadalupe Dias were present.
