Rs 4-5 crore paid to MLAs to cross floor, alleges BJP
(The Navhind Times)
PTI New Delhi Feb 5: The Bharatiya Janata Party today
alleged the Parrikar government in Goa was dismissed
at the behest of the Congress president, Ms Sonia
Gandhi and charged that the MLAs, who defected, were
paid up to Rs 5 crore.
�We have information that each MLA was given Rs 4 to
Rs 5 crore to change sides,� BJP north zonal
in-charge, Mr Madan Lal Khurana alleged at a press
conference here.
Four BJP MLAs supporting the BJP government shifted
allegiance to the Congress in Goa reducing the
Parikkar government to minority.
The Delhi BJP chief, Mr Harsh Vardhan alleged that the
government had been pulled down on the direction of Ms
Gandhi.
Our Staff Reporter adds from Panaji: The Goa BJP
president, Mr Rajendra Arlekar today stated the Rane
government was in minority and thus did not have any
right to take any cabinet decision until it proved its
strength on the floor of the House.
Addressing a press conference in the state along with
the former chief minister, Mr Manohar Parrikar, Mr
Arlekar said, �Only a government which wins the motion
of confidence in the assembly has the right to take
decisions having direct impact on financial and social
aspects of the state.�
The Chief Minister, Mr Pratapsingh Rane must
immediately request the Governor, Mr S C Jamir to
convene an assembly session for proving the majority
of his government, he said, adding that Mr Rane was,
however, reluctant to do so as he was unsure of
winning the motion of confidence.
Likening Mr Rane to the Mughal emperor, Mohammed
Tughlaq who changed his capital from one city to
another, Mr Arlekar said that Mr Rane was shifting the
offices of the cabinet ministers back to the old
Secretariat. �It is a futile exercise and burden on
the government exchequer, as administrative offices
are located at Porvorim Secretariat, while the
ministers would be sitting in Panaji city,� he
observed.
The state BJP chief said the present government had
put on holdall administrative activities in the state
for the past few days as the Chief Minister, until
now, held all the portfolios and was presently away
from Goa. �The decision about distribution of
portfolios should not be taken at Casa Monserrate,� he
stated, adding that under no circumstances creation of
an extra-constitutional centre at Taleigao be allowed.
- Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
Speaking about the nationwide campaign against the
dismissal of the
Parrikar government to be launched on February 8 in
Delhi by the National
Democratic Alliance, Mr Arlekar said the agitation in
the capital city
of Goa will be led the BJP general-secretary, Mr
Pramod Mahajan.
A meeting scheduled to be held in the city on February
6 is expected to
be attended by 500 party signatories and would decide
the future course
of action of the campaign against the decision of the
Governor.
Mr Parrikar said that he would file a petition against
the decision to
dismiss his government in the court of law either on
February 7 or
February 8. �The legal implications of the case are
being studied and the
draft of the petition prepared by the experts,� he
said, adding that,
�one of the option points out that the petition could
be filed before the
Supreme Court due to the federal aspects involved.�
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