Congress government in Goa faced fresh trouble on Thursday with one of the party MLAs deciding to quit the assembly bringing down its support further after three Ministers quits on Wednesday night.
Congress legislator Shyam Satardekar is likely to quit the assembly to support NCP which will bring down Congress’ strength from 15 to 14 in the 40-member assembly.
With support of two Save Goa Front MLAs, the ruling front will be left with support of only 17 MLAs.
Meanwhile, Anil Salgaonkar, an independent MLA on Thursday declared that he was neutral in current developments.
NCP leaders Sharad Pawar warns of extreme action if withdraws support
While NCP supremo Sharad Pawar has warned his party MLAs in Goa of “extreme action” if they withdrew support.
Chief minister Digamber Kamat convened an emergency Cabinet meeting on Wednesday night, after which he claimed his government is firmly in saddle.
Earlier, the Goa Appropriation Bill was to have taken up in the Assembly last evening but voting was postponed till Thursday, giving some breather to the Chief Minister.
Three Ministers resigns
The barely seven months old Congress-led coalition government in the state was on Wednesday reduced to a minority when its constituent NCP and an Independent MLA withdrew support, sparking a fresh political crisis which saw three ministers resigning.
The ministers Vishavajit Rane (Independent), Francisco Pachecho and Joace Philip D’Souza (both NCP) had tendered their resignations to Governor S C Jamir on Wednesday.
The opposition BJP has 14 members and MGP has two MLAS.
