PANAJI: TMC has alleged that Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte has joined BJP to try and evade a case of illegal mining in Karnataka, TMC also accused Khaunte of using vendetta politics against its candidate Sandeep Vazarkar, who is a former aide of his.
Vazarkar was arrested by Goa police in the Serula comunidade case soon after he led a motorcycle rally of TMC’s in Porvorim in December and was again arrested in a check-bouncing case on the orders of a Dehradun court, hours after he addressed a press conference against Khaunte.
Rajya Sabha MP and TMC Goa co-incharge Sushmita Dev said that Khaunte has a criminal case registered against him in Bengaluru with court proceedings on. “Khaunte called the CM ‘Pappu’ and now he is sitting next to the same ‘Pappu’. This is because he is accused of illegal mining in Karnataka where the BJP government is there. Khaunte has now fallen at his feet so that he can manage this case.”
Dev said that the TMC will show Khaunte’s affidavits for the 2017 and 2022 assembly polls and seek legal opinion to explore if he can be disqualified and prevented from contesting “for hiding information about his criminal cases in 2017”.
Vazarkar was arrested by Goa police in the Serula comunidade case soon after he led a motorcycle rally of TMC’s in Porvorim in December and was again arrested in a check-bouncing case on the orders of a Dehradun court, hours after he addressed a press conference against Khaunte.
Rajya Sabha MP and TMC Goa co-incharge Sushmita Dev said that Khaunte has a criminal case registered against him in Bengaluru with court proceedings on. “Khaunte called the CM ‘Pappu’ and now he is sitting next to the same ‘Pappu’. This is because he is accused of illegal mining in Karnataka where the BJP government is there. Khaunte has now fallen at his feet so that he can manage this case.”
Dev said that the TMC will show Khaunte’s affidavits for the 2017 and 2022 assembly polls and seek legal opinion to explore if he can be disqualified and prevented from contesting “for hiding information about his criminal cases in 2017”.
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