Some newly elected BJP MLAs in Goa are against accepting the support of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). State BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanawade said the decision would be taken by the party high command and he would not like to react to MGP’s proposal to support the party to form the next government.
BJP sources said some MLAs, including Ponda MLA Ravi Naik, Prol MLA Govind Goude and Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho, raised strong objections to MGP’s inclusion in the government. The MGP had contested the recently held assembly elections in alliance with the Trinamool Congress Party (TMC). But after the results were declared on Thursday and it became clear that the BJP would fall just one seat short of the majority mark, the MGP offered support to the saffron party.
BJP won 20 out of 40 seats while MGP won two. TMC secured a vacant position. Even without the MGP, the BJP has a comfortable majority with three independents offering support.
Speaking to reporters after a meeting with defeated BJP candidates in Panaji, Tanawade said the party took stock of the situation in the constituencies where it had lost.
He said that the losing candidates gave reasons for their defeat and resolved to work for the party with renewed vigour. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that all the defeated candidates will continue to work for the party.
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