The Congress on Monday thanked former Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar for his "boldness" in exposing the BJP and Manohar Parrikar in connection with alleged illegalities in the state's mining industry.

Addressing the media here, A. Chellakumar, the AICC General Secretary in-charge of Goa, said that an affidavit filed by Parsekar before the Goa Lokayukta, which is probing the Rs 1.44 lakh crore illegal mining scam, also exposed the lies peddled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, when it was in the opposition and had accused Congress leaders of a Rs 35,000 crore mining scam in the coastal state.