The Hindu : Hung Assembly in Goa

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Sunday, Jun 02, 2002

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Hung Assembly in Goa

PANAJI JUNE 1. The Goa Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar, today put forth his claim to form the next Government in the State after the Assembly elections, held on May 30, threw up a hung Assembly. Mr. Parrikar, after being unanimously elected leader of the 17-member Bharatiya Janata Party Legislature Party this evening, drove down to the Raj Bhavan to stake his claim. The party contention was that since it had emerged the single-largest party, it should be allowed to form the next Government. The BJP MLAs have authorised Mr. Parrikar to hold talks with all non-Congress party MLAs to solicit their support.

The BJP central leadership also gave a free hand to the State unit to take a decision on seeking support from other parties in a bid to form its Government. ``No central leader will be going to Goa as an observer,'' its president, Jana Krishnamurthi, said in Delhi. Speaking to mediapersons, he said the BJP would seek the opportunity to install its Government in the State. ``Why should we lose the opportunity,'' he asked, and reiterated that everything would, however, depend on the State party leadership.

The leader of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, Nirmala Sawant, resigned from her post owing the "failure'' of the Congress to get a majority. — UNI, PTI

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