Independent Sanguem MLA Prasad Gaonkar on Tuesday resigned as chairman of Goa Forest Development Corporation (GFDC) alleging lack of support from the government to run the autonomous body for the last 15 months even though he is part of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led ruling coalition.
While announcing his decision to resign as GFDC chairman at a press conference in Panaji, Gaonkar maintained that he would continue to support the coalition government led by Manohar Parrikar and would take a future political decision, if a need arises, by taking his voters into confidence.
“I had supported Manohar Parrikar as the Chief Minister in the interest of development of Sanguem constituency. But now I find that the current government has been doing injustice to me. As chairman, I have put forth many proposals to the government to strengthen the Corporation. But there was no cooperation from the government,” he said.