Goa cong dubs govt's relief initiative as 'election revival package'

A day after the Goa government announced a financial relief package for families and small businesses impacted by the Covid pandemic, Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat on Thursday dubbed the measure as an 'election revival package.'

"I had demanded for an economic revival package of Rs 100 crore to help the marginalised sector. What @goacm has announced is @BJP4Goa's Election Revival Package," Kamat tweeted on Thursday. Elections to the state assembly are scheduled to be held in February 2022. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant-led cabinet had cleared two financial relief packages linked to providing economic relief to sections impacted by the pandemic. One of the two schemes involved providing an ex-gratia financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to those who have lost a family member after testing positive for Covid-19, for family units with a collective income ceiling of Rs 8 lakh annually.