Holding responsible bureaucrats for giving extension to the offshore casinos for anchoring in the Mandovi in the absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in his office, Minister for Revenue Rohan Khaunte on Thursday said the particular decision has violated the common minimum programme of the coalition government.
Power Minister Nilesh Cabral, on the other hand, feigned ignorance and said the gigantic ‘Big Daddy’ vessel recently anchored in the Mandovi, is only a ship and not a casino yet.
“It’s not a new casino… we don’t know if it is a casino; for us it is a ship,” he told the reporters, pointing out, “So many ships come to the ports in Goa, and ‘Big Daddy’ vessel is one of them.”