The two would-be Dy CMs are Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Sudin Dhavalikar.
In a video message, Parrikar, 62, appealed people to continue praying for his health.
The BJP is certain that the TMC will divide the Opposition votes, leaving it free to cruise through the polls.
They said this was preliminary voter turnout and the final figure may cross 80 per cent as electoral fate of 301 candidates were locked in EVMs which will be opened on March 10 for counting.
In both the states where the Bharatiya Janata Party came second is trying to turn the tables on the Congress to form the government.
Earlier, BJP leader Ram Lal said the Goa government is stable and no demand has been made for a change in the leadership.
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.
The opposition Congress could muster only 16 votes against the government with one of its legislators absenting from the crucial floor test.
Digambar Kamat has been summoned by the Crime Branch to appear before it on Wednesday in connection with the case.
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'Parrikar is living for Modi and Shah, not for his motherland or Goa'
'What I mean by the BJP's political mafia raj is they descend in such a way that they want to form the government anyhow and murder democracy, no matter what.' 'Knowing Amit Shah, knowing Parrikar, knowing their style of working, they will engineer a split in the Congress.'
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