Two crucial allies of the BJP-led coalition in Goa \u2014 the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and the Goa Forward Party (GFP) \u2014 have pledged support to<\/p>\n
the government till Manohar Parrikar, who is undergoing treatment in a Mumbai hospital, remains chief minister.<\/p>\n
The 40-member Goa assembly has a majority mark of 21. The BJP, which has only 14 MLAs, formed the government last year with support from three MLAs<\/p>\n
each of the MGP and GFP along with three Independent legislators.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Maharashtrawadi Gomatak Party has pledged its support to the BJP-led alliance and we will not withdraw it till Parrikar is the chief minister,\u201d party chief<\/p>\n
Deepak Dhavalikar said in Panaji.<\/p>\n
Parrikar is being treated for pancreatic ailment at the Lilavati Hospital in Mumbai since February 15.<\/p>\n
Expressing hope that Parrikar would be back soon and take charge, Dhavalikar said there is no question of withdrawing the support even if he remains out of<\/p>\n
action for a longer period.<\/p>\n
\u201cTill he is the chief minister, we are there with the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
GFP president Vijay Sardesai said his party\u2019s support to the government will continue till Parrikar is chief minister.<\/p>\n
\u201cParrikar is fighting a medical condition. He has always been a winner. He will come back soon to Goa,\u201d Sardesai said.<\/p>\n
During the Budget session of the assembly, which started on Tuesday, BJP MLAs wished Parrikar a speedy recovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are hopeful that he (Parrikar) will be here (in the House and back to Goa). Everybody in Goa including the Opposition is praying for his good health. This is<\/p>\n
because of his good work for the people of Goa,\u201d said BJP\u2019s Chief Whip Glenn Ticlo.<\/p>\n
Another BJP MLA Nilesh Cabral said even those, who have been criticising Parrikar, are praying for his good health.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Two crucial allies of the BJP-led coalition in Goa \u2014 the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and the Goa Forward Party (GFP) \u2014 have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22590,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[312],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22589"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22591,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22589\/revisions\/22591"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22590"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22589"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22589"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22589"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}