Congress asks Goa Governor to let it form government


Panaji, May 18 (IANS): Congress leaders met Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, urging her to follow the precedent set in Karnataka and invite the Congress in Goa to form a government as it was the single largest party with 16 MLAs in the Assembly.

Emerging from the Raj Bhavan, Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar told reporters that a representation had been submitted to the Governor, requesting her to "right the past wrong" of inviting the BJP to form the government in Goa in March 2017 and now invite the 16-member Congress legislative party to form the government instead.

"We have asked her to do what the Karnataka Governor has done and invite the Congress as the single largest party to form the government in Goa. This current government has to be dismissed," Kavlekar told reporters.

Kavlekar said that the Congress in Goa was capable of forming a government and prove its majority in the 40-member Assembly if it was invited to do so by Sinha.

"She has told us that she will respond to our letter in two days," Kavlekar said.

The BJP won 13 seats in the 2017 election compared to the 17 won by the Congress, which emerged as the single largest party.

But after swift political maneuvering, the BJP staked claimed to power with two regional parties and independent MLAs and formed a coalition government after getting a swift nod from Governor Mridula Sinha.

A Congress legislator, Vishwajit Rane, subsequently quit the party and joined the BJP -- eventually to become a cabinet minister -- taking the saffron party's strength to 14 in the Assembly.

Currently, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its coalition allies have a strength of 23 legislators, with 14 from the BJP, three each from Goa Forward and Maharashtrwadi Gomantak Party and three independent MLAs.

  

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  • Raj, Mangalore

    Fri, May 18 2018

    Congress is slow to emulate BJP's jungle raj strategy and methods.

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  • SMR, karkala

    Fri, May 18 2018

    I would rather ask Congress and RJD to seek Supreme Court hearing on Goa, Manipur, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar to dismiss the government and direct the Governor to follow the constitution calling the highest party nominated to power.

    From Goa to Karnataka, Modi's Governors Have Sabotaged Democracy. Modi wants to conquer India by hook or by crook. His governors are his co-conspirators. He has put the constitution on a slippery slope.

    Goa has no full time Chief Minister since CM Parrikar is being getting treated for Cancer in United States. Government cannot be run on video conferencing.

    Jai Hind

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Fri, May 18 2018

    Karnataka became political role model state
    If BJP can claim and take oath by going against constituent law without required numbers Why not in Goa Manipur Bihar Meghalaya?
    What BJP does Chamatkar others do Balthkar

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  • Shammi, Karnataka

    Fri, May 18 2018

    One thing I am sure that CONGRESS HAS SO FAR NOT TAKEN ANY ELECTION SERIOUSLY ,THEY WERE NORMAL LIKE IT HAPPENS SINCE INDEPENDENCE ,AS THEY NEVER KNEW THEIR PRESENT OPPONENTS ARE BLACK COBRA ,BUT NOW AFTER KARNATAKA ELECTION,WE GOT TO KNOW HOW BJP MANIPULATES PEOPLE,HOW THEY ARE DURING ELECTION CAMPAIGN AND HOW THEY ARE AFTER ELECTION .INC NIW GOT TO STUDY BJPYOLOGY VERY WELL.


    THEIR MANTRAS AND TANTRAS WERE WORKING SO FAR BECAUSE OF INNOCENT OPPONENTS.NOW INC + ALL OTHER OPPOSITIONS GOT CLEAR PICTURE.FROM NOW ON ITS VERY DIFFICULT FOR BJP TO PLAY KAIKAEI /SHAKUNI POLITICS .

    THEY KNOW VERY WELL HOW TO DIVERT PEOPLE'S MIND WITH ALL THEIR BASELESS LIES..

    BJP IS SLOWLY AXING ITS OWN LEG.MAADIDUNNO MAHAARAAYA

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  • Naveen, Kulshekar Mangalore

    Fri, May 18 2018

    This is a very good move from Goa Congress ..............

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