Congress in Goa demands floor test by BJP-led govt

September 18, 2018 20:32

Congress legislators in Goa on Tuesday met Governor Mridula Sinha and asked her to direct the BJP-led government to have a floor test to prove its majority in the assembly.

The move came at a time when 62-year-old Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is admitted in the AIIMS in Delhi for a pancreatic ailment.

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.

"Let the state government prove on the floor that they

have majority or else we can show that we have more

legislators than them," Kavlekar told reporters after meeting

Sinha.

In the 40-member Goa assembly, the Congress has 16 members.

The state is being ruled by the BJP with the support of Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, NCP and Independents.

The BJP has 14 seats in the assembly, GFP and MGP have three each and NCP has one. There are also three Independents.

The Congress legislators also urged the governor not to allow dissolution of the assembly.

-- PTI

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