I endorse Goa Assembly’s stand on Mhadei water issue: Governor
The Hindu
Goa and Karnataka have been engaged in a tussle over sharing of the Mhadei river water for several years.
Breaking his silence two months after the Opposition disrupted his speech in the Assembly for not making a statement over the Mhadei water diversion, Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai said he has his own restrictions as a Governor as the matter is in court. A Governor is not a politician, he said.
Mr. Pillai said he supports the Assembly's stand on the issue.
Goa and Karnataka have been engaged in a tussle over sharing of the Mhadei river water for several years. Goa has often accused Karnataka of proceeding unilaterally in the matter by ignoring pacts.
During his address to the Assembly on January 16, 2023, the Governor had avoided making any statement on the Mhadei issue prompting Opposition members to storm into the well of the House.
The Governor’s address was disrupted by the Opposition legislators, who were later marshalled out of the House.
Talking to PTI on Tuesday, the Governor said that the address to the Assembly is “normally about the policy declaration and what is proposed by the government”.
“The dispute (Mhadei) is pending before the court. As a Governor, I have my own restrictions (when it comes to the address on the floor of the House),” he said.