Panaji, May 12 : Goa Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo on Thursday accused state Town and Country Planning Minister Vishwajit Rane of “personally targetting” him over alleged tree cutting and land filling for a land development project in North Goa.
Days after a first information report was filed at the Mapusa police station by officials of the Town and Country Planning department against Lobo for illegally developing a tract of land, Lobo has said that he was developing the area for farming purposes.
“He is personally targetting me, which is not right in politics.I am a businessman before I could become an MLA.Now he has already filed a case, where I have shown that the land is being used for farm purposes,” Lobo told reporters.
The FIR was filed against Lobo and his wife Delilah, also a Congress MLA, last week.
“It is nothing but vindictive politics.I have explained to the CM.He is quiet about it.Opposition MLAs are being targetted,” Lobo also said.
Incidentally, Lobo was a BJP MLA and a Minister for Ports in the last BJP-led coalition government.But he quit the party ahead of the 2022 state Assembly polls, before joining the Congress on election eve.
maya/shb/
#personally #Ajit #Pusa #Goa #Panaji #USA #Congress
.
