BJP has not yet paid CCP for Modi banners, posters: Mayor Published on: January 18, 2014 - 02:52
More in: Goa News PANAJI: The Mayor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), Surendra Furtado said that the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party has not paid a single paisa to the CCP, towards large number of banners and posters displayed in public places under the jurisdiction of the Corporation, on the occasion of the Vijay Sankalp Rally of the party’s prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi, which was held at Merces on January 12. “The state unit of the BJP had not even applied with the CCP for permission to display these banners and posters,” Furtado maintained, adding that the Corporation could have pulled them down, but did not want to antagonise one of the major political parties in the country, especially, since its prime ministerial candidate was speaking at the rally. The city Mayor also revealed that Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, the state unit of the Congress party has paid the CCP an amount of Rs 24,000 towards the fees for putting up banners and posters, during a public function of its minority cell, in December 2013. Meanwhile, as a mark of protest against the decision of the government of not inviting the councillors of the Corporation of the City of Panaji for the opening ceremony of the Lusofonia Games 2014, which will be held at the newly upgraded Pt Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium at Fatorda on January 18, the Mayor said that the CCP would boycott the function. It may be recalled that the ruling side councillors of the Corporation had also remained absent for the opening ceremony of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2013. The Mayor further informed that the government has restricted invitations for the inaugural function to him, the deputy Mayor, Bento Lorena and the CCP Commissioner, Sanjith Rodrigues. “It is just not acceptable, especially as the CCP has opened up the Miramar beach to the organisers of the Lusofonia Games 2014 for holding beach volleyball matches,” he added.
