PANAJI: During a mere two-minute discussion on the formalin in fish issue in the cabinet on Friday, revenue minister Rohan Khaunte questioned health minister Vishwajit Rane for conducting the raids without taking cabinet members into confidence, sources said. That Rane had informed CM Manohar Parrikar wasn't enough for Khaunte.TCP minister Vijai Sardesai, who has been under a cloud since formalin was found in fish for his controversial tweet giving all clearance, steered away from commenting whether a permanent ban on imported fish, as mooted by Rane, would be the best possible solution. He instead, took umbrage to Rane's comments to TOI on Friday, and said he should expose people with "vested interests" and take immediate action against them."Rane knows his job and is doing his job. He should ensure that exemplary punishment is meted out to those involved after investigations are complete and taken to their logical conclusion. He has the support of the Goa Forward Party and Fatorda voters," Sardesai said.But he also said Rane was free to shift the wholesale fish market to Valpoi and keep it under FDA. "If Rane is interested, let the FDA provide 10,000sqm to shift the wholesale fish market, where a government project can be taken up that will provide jobs to sons of the soil," Sardesai said. He said all seven Salcete MLA should demand that the wholesale fish market be taken outside Fatorda, adding that Fatorda locals are opposed to the market.The Fatorda MLA also lamented that after the FDA raid, nothing has been done. "The FDA is responsible for the health of Goans and so it should check all food consumables," he said. "They have our cooperation. There is no lack of trust or faith in FDA."But in the same breath, he added: "The FDA has created confusion in the minds of the people." On July 13, Sardesai had squarely blamed the FDA for a "shoot and scoot" and said he would speak to the CM for an independent agency as people seem to have lost faith in FDA.Reacting to allegations that Sardesai was helping the wholesale fish traders, he said once the market is shifted out of Fatorda, the allegations would vanish. "There are attempts to link me to the SGPDA market. On social media, I am being linked to (wholesale fish dealer Maulana) Ibrahim. So, to set doubts to rest, I phoned Margao Municipal Council chairperson Babita Angle Prabhudesai, who has now sought that FDA officials conduct an inspection of all food items consumed in Goa."But on Saturday, Sardesai, after inspecting the SGPDA wholesale fish market, said the GSIDC would soon start the first phase of its beautification at a cost of Rs 85 lakh, and that it is expected to be ready by August 3.

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