<p>Panaji: Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai has summoned a three-day budget session of the state legislative assembly from March 24.</p>.<p>A notice issued by the state legislature department on Saturday said the assembly session will be held on March 24, 25 and 26.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who also holds the finance portfolio, will present the budget during the session, as per sources.</p>.<p>The exact date of the budget presentation was not yet known.</p>.<p>The opposition parties have criticised the state government over the short tenure of the budget session.</p>.Social activist booked over threatening remarks against Goa CM Sawant.<p>Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Saturday claimed the issues of "corruption, commission, mismanagement and the collapse of law and order" have forced the BJP to keep the session short.</p>.<p>The decision for only a three-day session suggests the government is afraid of facing the opposition and is evading its responsibility to deliver justice to the people, the Congress leader alleged.</p>.<p>"There are many pressing issues which need to be debated, but it (government) is afraid of getting exposed, how we exposed them in the two-day sitting during the February assembly session. This move undermines the principles of democracy and erodes the rights of legislators," Alemao charged.</p>.<p>Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai also criticised the BJP government over the short tenure of the session.</p>.<p>"The criminal governance that the ruling party has adopted has destroyed the soul of Goa, while those who are responsible, and are accountable refuse to face the people. Even a 365-day session will not be enough to present the destruction this government has caused to Goa and Goemkars (Goans)," he claimed. </p>
<p>Panaji: Goa Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai has summoned a three-day budget session of the state legislative assembly from March 24.</p>.<p>A notice issued by the state legislature department on Saturday said the assembly session will be held on March 24, 25 and 26.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who also holds the finance portfolio, will present the budget during the session, as per sources.</p>.<p>The exact date of the budget presentation was not yet known.</p>.<p>The opposition parties have criticised the state government over the short tenure of the budget session.</p>.Social activist booked over threatening remarks against Goa CM Sawant.<p>Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Saturday claimed the issues of "corruption, commission, mismanagement and the collapse of law and order" have forced the BJP to keep the session short.</p>.<p>The decision for only a three-day session suggests the government is afraid of facing the opposition and is evading its responsibility to deliver justice to the people, the Congress leader alleged.</p>.<p>"There are many pressing issues which need to be debated, but it (government) is afraid of getting exposed, how we exposed them in the two-day sitting during the February assembly session. This move undermines the principles of democracy and erodes the rights of legislators," Alemao charged.</p>.<p>Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai also criticised the BJP government over the short tenure of the session.</p>.<p>"The criminal governance that the ruling party has adopted has destroyed the soul of Goa, while those who are responsible, and are accountable refuse to face the people. Even a 365-day session will not be enough to present the destruction this government has caused to Goa and Goemkars (Goans)," he claimed. </p>