Panaji, Oct 29:West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Today said that Goa should be ruled from Goa not from Delhi.

Addressing a press conference here, she said, ”Goa is a beautiful state. Its 60th year of liberation. Let the year be celebrated as a new dawn. Let the sun rise. Let the sun shine. Let the people smile. Goa has everything. Fishing to tourism, to mines, to sea so many things. But nobody cares. It is neglected now. Nobody is there to take care of the people. Promises of the manifesto should be fulfilled. …Let Goa rule Goa. It is not that Delhi ka laddu aayega aur Delhi ka ladoo chalayega.”

”Let Goa run Goa. We want to see a strong union of states. We want to see a strong federal structure,” she said.

She said bullying from Delhi should stop.

The TMC Supremo said the Bharatiya Janata Party government could not manage the economy well.

”Goa’s economy has been mismanaged. In West Bengal we succeeded in reducing unemployment by 40 per cent while in Goa subsidy given to fishermen has been reduced. Export has stopped. We wish Goa to smile,” she said.

On the question of pre-poll alliance, she said it would be a collective decision and nothing can be said at this point of time.

On the defacement of her posters, she said, BJP has no culture. Culturally they are very poor. But people of Goa are cultured. We are not going to haul or fight the battle physically. We will fight the battle democratically and we will defeat them,” she said.

On giving tickets to women, Ms Banerjee said the party would give emphasis to women folk and more tickets would be given to them and the young generation.

“I will be happy if taxi drivers, farmers and the fishing community people also contest the elections,” she said.

She said work for the younger generation would be the motto of the party.

Banerjee alleged that the Government at Your Doorstep programme run by the BJP government in Goa had been copied from Trinamool Congress.

However, she said there was a difference in actual implementation.(UNI)