The BJP government in Goa received a shocker as its ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) has announced that it is withdrawing support to the saffron party both in Lok Sabha and assembly elections.
MGP took this decision as BJP encouraged the former party’s MLAs to join the latter, leaving MGP to have just a single MLA in the assembly. Goa will go for Lok Sabha elections and a by-poll for Mapusa assembly constituency on April 23rd which is the phase three.
“We will teach BJP a lesson for splitting our party,c said an angry president of MGP Dipak Dhavalikar. After Manohar Parrikar’s death, Pramod Sawant is made the CM of Goa. In the coalition government, Sudin Dhavalikar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party was made the deputy chief minister but later he was dropped from the state cabinet. This is has irked MGP and later BJP poached the MLAs.
With MGP withdrawing support, BJP strength in Goa assembly is just 14 on its own and three members from Goa Forward Party and three independents.
We have to see how MGP’s withdrawal of support will impact BJP in the Lok Sabha and by-elections.
