MARGAO: Independent MLA Vijai Sardessai on Thursday said that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s all-party meet formula exposes government’s duplicity to resolve the mining impasse.

He blamed the government and the BJP MLAs for instigating the people of the mining areas and mining dependents against the opposition. “Parrikar’s decision to convene an all party meeting appears a climb down from his confrontationist attitude and his super inflated ego. But, the utterances by BJP MLAs blaming me and Reginaldo Lourenco for the halt in mining, exposes the duplicity of the ruling party and government,” he said.