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Goa: MP Churchill Alemao Threatens to Quit Congress over Mopa Airport Issue >From Sanjay Borkar for Daijiworld News Network - Goa Margao, Nov 23: If the union government takes the final decision of building the Mopa Airport in Goa, I will quit the Congress Party on the same day said Lok Sabha member Churchill Alemao, while addressing the presspersons on Mopa Airport issue. In response to the statement made by state chief minister Pratapsingh Rane on Tuesday at the cabinet meeting, saying that the existing airport at Dabolim in Goa would not be closed after building a new one at Mopa, Alemao alleged that the chief minister's decision of keeping both airports open is absolutely false as the state government had no authority to take decisions about airports. The chief minister does not have the authority to take decision about airports. They are trying to win the support of the people and with this motive they are fooling the people. If the Mopa airport project is realized, the tourism of Goa will surely collapse, and Maharashtra state will get the benefit of the same, according to Alemao. He also said that If Congress wanted to rule in Goa further, they would have to scrap the decision of the Mopa Airport or Goan people would show them their place in politics in next election. To awaken the people about the Mopa Airport and to get the support of the people on that issue, Alemao will hold a public meeting on November 26, at Dharmapur-Naveli. He also dared the chief minister to proclaim his decision at a public meeting. Whether he supported Mopa Airport or not, the meeting will be held on November 26, Alemao said further. Alemao also said that he will debate on this issue in the forthcoming Parliament session and will try to get the union government's decision of building the Mopa Airpo scrapped
