Panaji (PTI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday alleged that Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar runs mining business with the “blessings” of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, drawing a sharp rebuttal by the Congress leader.

Rubbishing the claim, Patkar asserted that his family’s mining business had existed for generations.

Addressing a public meeting in the Mayem constituency in North Goa after inaugurating AAP leader Shrikrishna Parab’s office, Kejriwal claimed, citing a conversation with a fellow passenger on his way to Goa, that Patkar owns mines in the coastal state.

“That cannot happen (owning mines) without the blessings of the chief minister. Both are together. They just claim to have different political affiliations - one is Congress and the other is the BJP,” h

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