Parrikar govt in Goa dismissed Panaji, Feb 2: Goa Governor S C Jamir today dismissed the Manohar Parrikar government in the state, Raj Bhawan sources said.
The dismissal of the two-and-a-half-year-old BJP government came shortly after Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar won a controversial vote of confidence amidst pandemonium in the Assembly when the Speaker had Independent MLA Philipe Neri Rodriguez removed from the House. Speaker Vishwas Satarkar declared that the one-line motion moved by the Chief Minister reposing confidence in his Council of Ministers was carried after BJP members raised their hands in support while the entire Congress-led Opposition was in the well protesting the eviction of Rodriguez. Immediately after the House was adjourned, the Congress-led Opposition met the Governor demanding Parrikar government's dismissal. The Congress accused the Speaker of acting as a "stooge" of the government. In New Delhi, the BJP termed as "unconstitutional" the dismissal of its government in Goa and threatened to take to the streets and approach the President against Governor Jamir's decision. "The Governor's decision is unconstitutional. The Congress-led UPA government is misusing its powers to sabotage democratically elected governments," party vice-president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters. In response to a question, he said if there were any differences over the role of the Assembly Speaker, the courts could have been approached. "We will take to the streets and approach the President of India against this decision," he said. (Agencies)
