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Amit Shah and union ministers M Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari and JP
Nadda.
Other than Parrikar, the BJP will have only two members, Francis
DSouza and Pandurang Madkaikar, in the council of minister.
Governor Sinha invited the BJP, which says it now has the backing of
22 MLAs, to form government. Mr. Parrikar said on Monday that he had
resigned as Defence Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cabinet to
return to his home state and to the post he held before he was called to
Delhi.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar sailed through the trust vote in
the 40-seat assembly on Thursday with 22 votes in his favour. After being
sworn in Chief Minister, Mr. Parrikar has proved that he has majority
support in the Goa assembly. Within six months he will have to be elected
to the state legislature. A newly elected legislator will have to vacate a seat
for that.
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Reaction of Congress Party:
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi alleged that the BJP has used
"money power" to annex power in Goa. He accused the party of "misusing
the governor's post."
The court did not accept the Congress' plea to stop Mr. Parrikar from
taking oath this evening. The Congress has won 17 seats, the BJP has
won 13 but moved fast to secure the support of smaller parties. A party
must have the support of 21 MLAs in the 40-member assembly to form
government. On Thursday, he proved that he has majority support.
The Congress informed the Court that it too has 21 and should have been
consulted by the Governor as the largest party before she invited the BJP.
If you had the numbers, you would have held a dharana (protest) at the
Governor's house," the Supreme Court said today, adding that the
Congress' petition to the court or the Governor does not provide proof of
the majority support that it claims it has. The BJP has given the governor
letters of support from its new allies.
"I am grateful the court heard us. I believe the Governor's decision has
been interfered with," Mr. Singhvi said.
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Rahul Gandhi about U P result:
New Delhi: After his party won just seven of a total of 403 seats in Uttar
Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi, who starred in the campaign and directed strategy
along with sister Priyanka, described the result "as a little down".
The 46-year-old's appraisal is vastly at odds with senior party leaders who
are acknowledging the verdict of India's politically most strategic state as a
debacle and asking for urgent "introspection."
Mr. Gandhi said, that "in opposition, you have ups and downs. We had a
little down in UP, we accept it." While faulting the BJP for running what he
described as a polarising campaign in Uttar Pradesh, he acknowledged,
"(but) the fact is they won the election. However, they did it, they won the
election."
The Congress placed first in Goa and Manipur, but did not win a
majority. Even though it is wishing to beat the BJP to form the government
in both states, its efforts to collect essential support from smaller regional
parties have been lethargic.
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However, the Congress claims that the BJP is being given unfair
preference, and that as the second-largest party, it should not have been
invited to form the government in Goa. The Supreme Court did not seem to
agree.
Today, its judges said that the Congress has failed to offer evidence
that it has the majority support of newly-elected legislators in Goa; a trust
vote for the BJP Manohar Parrikar as Goa's Chief Minister has been
ordered for Thursday.
Manipur:
N Biren Singh the 56-year-old leader of the BJP was named as its
chief ministerial candidate.
While neither of the parties in Manipur had a majority in the polls, the
BJP could manage to get majority through forming a coalition and showed
a majority that made it eligible to form government. Also, the BJP, despite
winning fewer seats, at 36.3 per cent had scored a slightly higher share of
votes than the Congress at 35.1 per cent.
On Tuesday, the Governor gave the invitation letter to the BJP leader
in Imphal. The first BJP led government in Manipur will be sworn in on
Wednesday (15 March) as it has cobbled together a post poll alliance. On
the floor of the assembly, it has to show its majority support.
There were five state elections, two of them were won by the BJP
and one by the Congress, and in two of the states where no one had
majority, It has been alleged by the Congress that democracy has been
undermined by the BJP, using either financial power, money or influencing
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by promising ministries. The indefinite mandate of the people of Goa and of
the people of Manipur has been cornered by the BJP.
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