Rupesh Samant

Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji

Panaji, Feb 29: Independent MLA, Rohan Khaunte on Friday demanded the resignation of the chief minister Pramod Sawant after the union government notified the award given by Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal.

Khaunte said that the chief minister had sold his 'mother' to save his chair.

“Karnataka has played tricky by showing it as a drinking water project, how they bypassed the environment clearance. There is a huge disconnect of the present CM with the leadership in the centre.

"The union minister Shripad Naik should have done what Pralhad Joshi is doing for Karnataka.

“Dr Pramod Sawant and his cronies and bureaucracy have not been able to fix an appointment with the PM to date.

“For the sake of his chair, he sold his mother."

He recalled that the united opposition’s demand for a white paper on Mahadayi was rejected by the CM.

“In the night, the notification was issued, and immediately after that, union minister Pralhad Joshi was there with Karnataka CM asking him for allocation of funds to construct dams.

“Every tactful handling of this subject by Karnataka shows the incapability of our CM of handling this subject.

“This has been a total failure of the CM and the government. It is high time that the CM on the moral ground immediately resign. The CM’s chair is not permanent. This decision will affect us permanently.

“When Parrikar was there, the issue was somewhere curtailed. Apolitically we had decided to take a delegation with the PM.

"Mahadayi should be the main issue for the upcoming zilla panchayat election.

"To save his chair, the CM has sold Mahadayi, which he claimed to be his mother.”