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SOURCE: Tribune News Service
Manohar Parrikar on Sunday resigned as Defence Minister amid talks of him heading to Goa where newly-elected BJP MLAs unanimously backed him as the state legislature party leader, even as the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) said it will support a government led by Parrikar.In the evening, BJP, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Goa Forward leaders met the Governor at Raj Bhavan and staked the claim to form government.
Barring a last-minute change of heart among the smaller parties, the BJP should be able to form the government in the coastal state next week despite emerging as the second largest party behind the Congress.Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar resigned from his post after the BJP legislature party voted to bring him back as Chief Minister, according to sources in Goa.
Parrikar held the top job before being reluctantly moved to the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.It is, however, not clear whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted his resignation.
According to sources, the BJP has bagged the support of the Goa Forward and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party which won three seats in the 40-member state assembly. The BJP which has 13 members has managed
to obtain the support of two Independent MLAs giving it a wafer-thin majority.Sources say the BJP is actively wooing Churchill Alemao, the lone NCP MLA and the third Independent to shore up its numbers.
The Congress won 17 seats in the state assembly.All through the day, the Congress and the BJP were wooing Goa Forward and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party in order to form a coalition government.The MGP was the first to come on board by adopting a resolution that it would support a BJP-led government in Goa provided it was headed by Parrikar.
Goa Forward MLA Vijai Sardessai also praised Parrikar for his leadership skills though his party had kept its options open till late Sunday evening.The BJP also aggressively played its minority card with its seven Catholic MLAs seeking the support of the secular Goa Forward on the grounds that the BJP has more MLAs from the minority community for the first time.”We seven members of minority are appealing to Goa Forward, MGP and Independents to support us and form a stable government in Goa,” BJP MLA Michael Lobo told reporters in Panjim.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/na...heads-for-goa-in-bid-to-form-govt/376424.html
http://www.defencenews.in/article/B...r-resigns-;-heads-for-Goa-to-form-Govt-250937
Manohar Parrikar on Sunday resigned as Defence Minister amid talks of him heading to Goa where newly-elected BJP MLAs unanimously backed him as the state legislature party leader, even as the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) said it will support a government led by Parrikar.In the evening, BJP, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Goa Forward leaders met the Governor at Raj Bhavan and staked the claim to form government.
Barring a last-minute change of heart among the smaller parties, the BJP should be able to form the government in the coastal state next week despite emerging as the second largest party behind the Congress.Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar resigned from his post after the BJP legislature party voted to bring him back as Chief Minister, according to sources in Goa.
Parrikar held the top job before being reluctantly moved to the Narendra Modi government at the Centre.It is, however, not clear whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi has accepted his resignation.
According to sources, the BJP has bagged the support of the Goa Forward and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party which won three seats in the 40-member state assembly. The BJP which has 13 members has managed
to obtain the support of two Independent MLAs giving it a wafer-thin majority.Sources say the BJP is actively wooing Churchill Alemao, the lone NCP MLA and the third Independent to shore up its numbers.
The Congress won 17 seats in the state assembly.All through the day, the Congress and the BJP were wooing Goa Forward and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party in order to form a coalition government.The MGP was the first to come on board by adopting a resolution that it would support a BJP-led government in Goa provided it was headed by Parrikar.
Goa Forward MLA Vijai Sardessai also praised Parrikar for his leadership skills though his party had kept its options open till late Sunday evening.The BJP also aggressively played its minority card with its seven Catholic MLAs seeking the support of the secular Goa Forward on the grounds that the BJP has more MLAs from the minority community for the first time.”We seven members of minority are appealing to Goa Forward, MGP and Independents to support us and form a stable government in Goa,” BJP MLA Michael Lobo told reporters in Panjim.
http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/na...heads-for-goa-in-bid-to-form-govt/376424.html
http://www.defencenews.in/article/B...r-resigns-;-heads-for-Goa-to-form-Govt-250937
