Goa floor test update: 16 MLAs opposed, 22 supported and one was absent during the Goa floor test. Congress MLA Vishwajeet Rane walks out of the Assembly during the trust vote. All the 22 MLAs who had said they would be supporting the BJP voted for the party. The Congress, in fact, had one abstainment.

The Goa floor test happened because the Supreme Court directed the Congress to prove their majority in the Assembly after the party filed a plea that it should be allowed to form government since it was in majority with 17 seats in the 40-member house, as opposed to the BJP's 13. The SC then directed that a floor test be conducted with all "pre-requisites, including the formalities required by the Election Commission" and putting in place the senior most member in the assembly as the protem speaker.


Speaking after the trust vote, Parrikar said wild allegations were being made, but the voting was conducted in a free and fair manner. The Speaker will be selected on March 27, the CM said. He said by April the government's common minimum programme would be framed keeping development in mind.