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Congress condemns Parsekar for CCTV advice to Goans
Panaji, Feb 1
The opposition Sunday criticised
Goan Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar for suggesting the urban
dwellers should have CCTVs for safety, saying the government was
abdicating its main responsibility to provide security.
Parsekar
made the suggestion Saturday in the backdrop of a murder of two women
Friday during an alleged burglary in a flat at Vasco, a port town, 40 km
from Panaji.
The Congress party questioned the chief minister's
suggestion in the light of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led central
government installing thousand of CCTVs recently during the US
president's Delhi visit.
"In Delhi, the BJP installs 15,000 CCTV
cameras for US President Barack Obama's security. But here the chief
minister appeals to citizens to install CCTV cameras," Congress
spokesperson Durgadas Kamat said in a statement issued here.
"It
is a highly condemnable comment... Instead of making such loose
statements, the government should give free gun licences to citizens so
that they can protect themselves and not depend on the chief minister
and his government," he added.
On Saturday, Parsekar said in
Vasco: "When we buy property in lakhs we need to also pay towards our
safety. CCTV and security guards should be put in place and the cost
could be shared by the colony residents."