The culling of key state leaders and bureaucrats has given rise to distrust and uneasiness in Pramod Sawant's style of functioning, notes Aditi Phadnis.
With this, the Congress's strength in the 40-member assembly reduced to 14 from 16.
Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday trained her guns on the Congress, saying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will become more powerful as the grand old party is not serious about politics, and alleged that the country is suffering because that party does not take decisions.
The AAP suffered a humiliating defeat in Haryana with most of its candidates set to lose their security deposit.
'Across the political spectrum, especially from the side of the NDA itself, there is complete disillusionment (with the way the BJP is treating its allies).' 'This leaves a very bad taste in the mouth.'
Sawant on Tuesday said his government had sought a floor test on Wednesday to prove its strength in the assembly.
The group, led by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, met Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar in the evening and gave him a letter, informing him about their breaking away from the party.
Rane did not rule out the possibility of joining the BJP, saying 'all options are open'.
His remarks drew flak from Opposition Congress which alleged that it reflected the 'racist attitude' of the BJP government.
Parrikar was first elected to the Goa assembly in 1994. He served as he leader of the opposition from June to November 1999.
"By next week, the government will work out the exact arrangement through which the work burden on Parrikar could be reduced," he said.
'If the charge is not given immediately, we will contest all upcoming elections, that is (Assembly) by-election and Lok Sabha polls, by fielding our candidates against official candidate of the government'
The Congress, which is the single-largest party with 16 MLAs, has already staked claim to form the government in the coastal state.
Independent MLA Govind Gawde supporting the BJP's effort to form the next Goa government confirms that defence minister told him he will be the next Goa chief minister
In both the states where the Bharatiya Janata Party came second is trying to turn the tables on the Congress to form the government.
Taxi drivers were demanding withdrawal of notification making it mandatory to install speed governors.
Besides the SAD, the SP, the AIADMK and the TRS supported the idea; while the AAP, the TDP, the JD-S, the AIFB, the DMK, the TMC, the GFP and Left parties opposed it.
It was crucial for the BJP to bag the two seats as it does not enjoy a majority on its own in the 40-member assembly.
Congress and RJD are single largest parties in Goa and Bihar respectively.
Parrikar asked voters to take money from other parties but vote for the BJP.
Goa minister and Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Michael Lobo on Monday resigned from the Pramod Sawant-led ministry and also as member of the legislative assembly, ahead of the state polls scheduled next month.
The opposition Congress could muster only 16 votes against the government with one of its legislators absenting from the crucial floor test.
'BJP central observers have come to Goa and are scheming to merge smaller parties within their party to run the government.'
'The Kerala BJP leadership is doing the job of clerical staff. What the boss orders, they just follow them.'
Parrikar has been admitted to the AIIMS for follow-up treatment reportedly for a pancreatic ailment.
Rebel Shiv Sena MLAs led by senior leader Eknath Shinde, who are currently camping in Goa, will hold a meeting on Thursday to decide the way forward as they are likely to support the Bharatiya Janata Party to form the next government in Maharashtra following the resignation of Uddhav Thackeray as the chief minister.
The Congress, which is not very keen on having an alliance with the TMC, called it 'an untrustworthy ally', which is trying to grow at its expense.
Having failed its litmus test, the Bengal's ruling party is back to square one, trying to draw up a fresh strategy ahead of the polls in Meghalaya and Tripura.
Congress, NCP, RJD members staged walkout in the Lok Sabha.
The Congress legislators, led by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, demanded that the governor should summon one-day session of the assembly for a floor test.
Newly formed Goa Forward party has opposed the release of a book on Mahatma Gandhi's killer Nathuram Godse scheduled for Saturday.
The two-time MLA from Sankhalim in North Goa, Sawant, who was speaker of the state assembly, is a dedicated Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker.
The talks took place in a beach resort in Benaulim on the sidelines of a meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Keeping up his tradition of celebrating the festival with soldiers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Sir Creek near the Indo-Pak border in Gujarat's Kutch district and offered sweets to jawans.
The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal for 'one nation, one Election' as recommended by the Kovind panel, Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.
In a protests against the decision of Karnataka Governor Vajubhai Vala to invite BJP to form the government despite falling short of the required numbers, the Congress has been demanding they be called to form the government in Goa and Manipur as it had emerged as the largest party in the 2017 assembly election.
The petition has also sought quashing of the decision of the governor to appoint Parrikar as the chief minister.
Naik, 71, is the first senior Congress leader to resign after Rahul Gandhi announced on Sunday in his concluding speech that he wants to give the younger generation a chance to come forward and lead the party.
Deviya Rane said it is historic that no legislator (in Goa) has won consecutively so many times from the same seat.
Parrikar returned to Goa as the chief minister for the fourth time, though he could not complete full terms in his earlier stints.
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