---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Nash Lobo" <sorpotelfact...@hotmail.com> Date: Jan 14, 2018 6:05 PM Subject: Goa Statehood in Legal Trouble To: "Atanasio Lobo" <atanasiofl...@gmail.com> Cc: "Floriano Lobo" <floriano.l...@gmail.com>
In the matter of Mhadei water dispute, Karnataka Bar Association has taken a stand that Goa cannot be accepted as a "State ". Without prejudice to Goa's claim of water, legal arguments need attention. 1. Goa did not follow the necessary requirements for granting statehood. 2. Number of MLAs in Goa is less than 60 & each assembly constituency has less than needed average voters. 3. States are created under article 170 of the Constitution. Goa did not fit in that criteria. 4. Goa has 40 MLA s. Each constituency must have minimum 2 lakh & Maximum 5 lakh voters. Karnataka has more than 2 lakh voters each. Maharashtra, UP, Gujarat, TN each have near to 5 lakh voters. 5. Creation of Goa state is against Constitution of India 6. Therefore, any political or judicial dispute with Goa is against Constitution of India.
