Goa govt. likely to induct MGP member in state cabinet Panaji (PTI): The Goa government is likely to induct a legislator from the alliance partner Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) into the cabinet by dropping a Congress Minister, sources said on Wednesday.
MGP legislator Ramakrishna Dhavalikar will be sworn in the cabinet on wednesday evening, they said. One of the Congress ministers, who was yet to be identified will have to step down to pave way for Dhavalikar's induction, sources close to the Chief Minister Digamber Kamat told PTI today. A group led by NCP comprising an independent legislator Vishwajeet Rane and two MGP legislators have been pressing for Dhavalikar's induction in the cabinet. The coordination committee meeting chaired by All India Congress Committee General Secretary B Hariprasad had cleared decks for Dhavalikar's inclusion in the cabinet. The high command of both the national parties Congress and NCP which had salvaged Kamat from crisis had agreed to induct Dhavalikar. Briefing mediamen after the coordination committee meeting, Hariprasad had said "Goa Chief Minister will announce the implementation of coordination committee resolutions within four hours." But despite coordination committee meeting resolution, the Congress leaders in the state were taking time to induct Dhavalikar which had irked the NCP legislators. NCP's senior legislator Fransisco Pacheco during his recent meeting with party president Sharad Pawar had raised this issue. http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200803121550.htm ~(^^)~ Avelino
