Declare TCP hearings null and void, demands PCF

PANAJI: The Pilerne citizens forum (PCF) on Monday demanded that the office of the Goa chief electoral officer conduct an inquiry into the public hearings on the regional plan 2021 by the town and country planning department when the model code of conduct was in force.
Addressing the media, the PCF demanded that the CEO declare all such public hearings as well as the construction licenses given by the TCP when the model code of conducts was in force, as null and void.
PCF spokesperson Yatish Naik said that it was the PCF intervention that prompted the chief electoral officer to order the TCP to stop the public hearings on the RP2021 when the code of conduct was in force. While appreciating the prompt action of the CEO’s office, Naik said, “Now the CEO must inquire at whose behest the public hearings were held and who stood to benefit from the hearings. The public hearings and all construction licenses given during the code of conduct should be declared null and void.”
PCF president Prakash Bandodkar also said that the PCF had given a detailed representation to the election authorities in Goa urging them to stop the TCP’s public hearings on the RP2021. Bandodkar said the PCF had also faxed copies of the representation to the election commission of India and all this prompted the Goa CEO to order a stop to the public hearings.
The PCF, which is a component of the Zagrut Goenkarancho Ekvott, said the names of more candidates who will contest the March assembly elections as independents but supported by the ZGE, will be announced soon. The ZGE has till date announced seven candidates including the first Goan priest Bismarque Dias.
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