Panaji, March 11 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar will personally speak to ruling lawmakers and urge them to return the money they spent on a junket to Brazil during the World Cup last year back to the state exchequer.
Parsekar said on late Tuesday that his office had been in receipt of a communication from the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG), a nodal agency which had co-ordinated the junket to the FIFA World Cup for four ruling MLAs including one cabinet minister, about the non-repayment of dues by the legislators.
"I will speak to them. They will pay," Parsekar told IANS.
In June last year, seven ruling lawmakers from Goa, including three ministers had triggered nationwide controversy, by getting the SAG to book a fully-funded junket to the World Cup in Brazil worth nearly Rs. 1 crore.
The furore caused by the state-funded junket in the local as well as national media had forced three Brazil-bound legislators to drop out of the junket, while the rest had promised to refund the money to the Sports Authority of Goa (SAG), which was co-ordinating the 'eductaion tour', spent on the junket on their return.
The lawmakers had also requested the government-run sports agency for a Equated Monthly Installment (EMI) mechanism to return the money.
SAG sources indicate that around Rs.20 lakh are yet to be recovered from the four lawmakers, who eventually made the trip.
Is Rakesh Tikait moving away from the agenda of the farmer Protest?
In the report of the investigation in connection with the riots in Muzaffarnagar, it was said tha
There is anger not only in India but in the whole world regarding the terrorist attack in Pahalga
Madhya Pradesh: PUBG addiction made minors robbers, carried out a dozen robbery incidents
A recent example of how the addiction to online games like PUBG is spoiling children has come to
The G7 summit is being held at the southern Italian coastal resort Borgo Egnazia in Puglia, Italy
Team India's star player KL Rahul performed brilliantly in the first ODI match played between Ind
Record rains lashed Chennai and its adjoining areas on Tuesday, leading to a flood-like situation
MI vs KKR: Chance to get rich by making him captain! These 11 players can give you a lot of progress
Mumbai Indians will clash with Kolkata Knight Riders in the 51st match of IPL 2024. Mumbai Indian
Ajay Devgan is in the news these days about his upcoming film Shaitan. Horror thriller film 'Shai
Bollywood actor Sunny Deol is busy these days shooting for his upcoming film Gadar 2. Now reports
Russia has indicated to retreat in southern Ukraine, is it a conspiracy to implicate Kyiv?
The war between Russia and Ukraine has been going on continuously for ten months. Russia intensif
