BJP claims feelers from six ruling MLAs; Cong denies NT Staff Reporter Panaji, April 22 The Congress leadership today stoutly denied that its MLAs were in touch with the opposition to topple the government and that there was no threat to the state government headed by it. On the contrary, the Congress said feelers were being sent to it by some of the Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs that they would like to join the Congress. The denial from the Congress camp came following a claim by the BJP leadership that six of Congress MLAs were in touch with it to topple the Kamat government, that has already faced two serious attempts to dethrone it ever since it came to power on June 8, last year. The Finance Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar told The Navhind Times late this evening that the rumours were being spread by the opposition leaders with a view to create confusion in the minds of MLAs and general public. These are the rumours that need to be ignored, he said. The three Congress MLAs' Mr Agnelo Fernandes, Mr Gurudas Gawas and Mr Shyam Satardekar who were on a tour to Australia and New Zealand and who, the BJP claimed, were part of the group of six MLAs that was in touch with it -- have vehemently denied that they were party to any toppling game and that they were very much with the Congress. It is ridiculous on the part of anyone to link us with any group in the toppling game, if at all there is any, said Mr Fernandes who is scheduled to return to the state along with others after the tour of the two nations tomorrow. Earlier, the state BJP claimed that at least six MLAs from the ruling coalition were in contact with it. The six Congress legislators included some MLAs who have been currently on a foreign tour and few others from the group that revolted against the government in January, this year. The spokesperson of the legislature wing of the BJP, Mr Damodar Naik, who along with other 13 BJP MLAs is attending partys chintan shibhir at Panhala, Maharashtra, said that though a few ruling coalition MLAs were in contact with the BJP, one should not expect its immediate political repercussions. However, the BJP was expecting that some political upheaval would definitely take place in the state within months time, he said adding that the government would collapse under its own weight. - Forwarded by gaspar.almeida at www.goa-world.com
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