Declare Goa a sick state: Shiv Sena
Panaji, Oct 4 : Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said Thursday that Goa should be declared "a mentally and physically sick state" because of the "sickness of several ministers" and infighting in the government.
"There are many states in the country, like Bihar, which want themselves to be declared as a sick state due to financial conditions so that they can get (Centre's) help," Raut said, speaking to reporters here.
"But the case of Goa is different. It should be declared a mentally and physically sick state due to the sickness of several ministers and growing differences within the coalition government led by Manohar Parrikar," the Sena leader said.
Parrikar has been hospitalised in Delhi for a pancreatic ailment.
The political situation in Goa has become unstable for the last few months as Parrikar has been out of the state most of the time for medical treatment, Raut said.
"Even some ministers fell sick. And when they were dropped, they began complaining that they have been with the party for so many years (and still they faced the axe)," he said.
The Sena expects that the Goa Assembly will be dissolved before the Lok Sabha elections and simultaneous elections will be held, Raut said, adding that the party is ready to fight elections.
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Rajasthan: ACB court sends former IAS Subodh Agarwal to 2-day police remand in JJM scam
Jaipur (PTI): Retired IAS officer Subodh Agarwal, arrested in connection with the alleged Rs 960-crore Jal Jeevan Mission scam, was produced before an ACB court on Monday, which sent him to two days' police remand.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau had sought a three-day remand for further questioning in the matter, but the court granted two days' custody.
The order was passed by the ACB Court-1.
A team from the ACB arrested Agarwal on Thursday in connection with the multi-crore Jal Jeevan Mission corruption case.
He was sent to a three-day police remand on Friday. On completion of the remand period, the ACB produced him in court.
Agarwal was serving as the additional chief secretary of the public health engineering department when the alleged scam took place.
Some firms had allegedly secured tenders by submitting forged completion certificates in connivance with officers. Last month, the ACB arrested nine persons, including senior engineers and retired officials, in connection with the scam. Earlier, the ACB had arrested contractors.
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