Goa Urban Development Minister

Goa's Urban Development Minister and BJP legislator Milind Naik tendered his resignation from the state cabinet on Wednesday after the Congress alleged that he was involved in a sexual exploitation case.

A legislator in Goa who was dropped by Manohar Parrikar from his government on Monday said he had no hint that he was being removed from his ministry. Francis D'Souza, who has been unwell for some time and is in hospital in the US, is evidently upset and said this was the reward given to him for his 20-year-long loyalty to the BJP.

The Goa government is making necessary efforts to get "special status" for the state and a resolution passed in the Legislative Assembly in this connection was still pending with the Centre, state Urban Development Minister Francis D'Souza said today.

Two Congress ministers in Goa have sent their resignations to the state Chief Minister Digambar Kamat. The Alemao brothers, Joachim and Churchill, who held important portfolios of urban development and public works in the Goa Cabinet are unhappy that Churchill's daughter Valanka was not allowed to contest the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) elections. ...

Goa's Urban Development Minister and BJP legislator Milind Naik tendered his resignation from the state cabinet on Wednesday after the Congress alleged that he was involved in a sexual exploitation case.

A legislator in Goa who was dropped by Manohar Parrikar from his government on Monday said he had no hint that he was being removed from his ministry. Francis D'Souza, who has been unwell for some time and is in hospital in the US, is evidently upset and said this was the reward given to him for his 20-year-long loyalty to the BJP.

The Goa government is making necessary efforts to get "special status" for the state and a resolution passed in the Legislative Assembly in this connection was still pending with the Centre, state Urban Development Minister Francis D'Souza said today.

Two Congress ministers in Goa have sent their resignations to the state Chief Minister Digambar Kamat. The Alemao brothers, Joachim and Churchill, who held important portfolios of urban development and public works in the Goa Cabinet are unhappy that Churchill's daughter Valanka was not allowed to contest the Indian Youth Congress (IYC) elections. ...