Panaji, Oct 29 (PTI) A day after Shiv Sena sought anapology from Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho for hisreported statement against panchayat secretaries, the ministertoday said he had not labelled all of them (secretaries) ascorrupt.
Godinho's statement that panchayat secretaries wereresponsible for teaching panch members to indulge into corruptpractice was protested by Shiv Sena which had sought anapology from him.
"If everybody wants to paint everybody with same brushthen it is up to them. I never painted everybody with samebrush. I only said that some secretaries who are corrupt willface action. Again I am repeating the same," Godinho toldreporters in Vasco town today.
"Everywhere there are black sheeps and we have to takeaction against them, otherwise what is the use," the ministersaid clarifying his statement.
"Secretaries are government servants and they are notdoing any favour. It is their duty to work for the people andthose who are not doing their job properly and are onlyinterested in making money then such people should be senthome," he said.
Shiv Sena's Goa spokesman Rakhi Naik addressing apress conference had alleged that the panch members indifferent panchayats were indulged in corrupt practicesputting the common people to hardship. PTI RPSRMT.
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