Defending the Bharatiya Janata Party’s post poll alliance in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar claimed that “ the support extended to BJP to form government in Goa is only for Goa's development.”
The Congress and the BJP were locked in a verbal duel over government formation in Goa with the Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi accussing the saffron party of "stealing" the mandate of people using money power. The rival parties clashed on a day when Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as chief minister of Goa heading a BJP-led government. Goa had a fractured mandate with Congress emerging as the single largest party in the state but the saffron party showed support of majority MLAs to be invited to form the government.
Modi wave seems to be growing in north-east as well as Congress is feeling the heat in its bastion of Manipur. In an unprecedented show, BJP won 21 seats, limiting Congress at 28 which is three short of an absolute majority. The debutante Irom Sharmila’s party PRJA didn’t manage to bag even a single seat. Music: Big Bang Fuzz For more videos, subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/2aIcith Check out The Quint for more news: https://www.thequint.com
Goa was one of the first state that went to polls in the over a month long election season. When Manohar Parrikar cast his vote on 10 February, he was confident of a clear majority. Not only did BJP fail to get a clear majority, they failed to become even the single largest party. To add salt to the wounds, the incumbent Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar also failed to secure a win from his constituency. If it was bad for BJP, then things were horrible to say the least for AAP. The debutante in Goa politics failed to even open its account. Meanwhile, RSS rebel Mahrashtrawadi Gomantak were able to secure 3 seats while Congress emerged as single largest party with 17 seats but fell 4 short of an absolute majority.
