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PANAJI
Even as internal dissent simmered in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government ever since Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar rejigged his cabinet on Monday and replaced two ministers, the saffron party’s State unit president Vinay Tendulkar claimed on Saturday that all issues had been sorted out and the government will last its entire five-year term.
“Some hurt and dissatisfaction is bound to happen. We have tackled the issues individually with those who have raised them. Things are sorted,” Tendulkar told the media after a meeting of the party’s State Executive Committee.
The meeting was attended by BJP organising secretary for Goa and Maharashtra, Vijay Puranik. Union Ayush Minister, Shripad Naik was also present and it mainly discussed organisational matters including the party’s readiness to fight the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he said.
For weeks now the BJP and its coalition government is staring at a peculiar crisis caused by the absence and physical fitness constraints of Parrikar due to his serious pancreatic ailment. The administrative and governance mechanisms have got severely affected making MLAs both from the party and the coalition partners restive.
Tendulkar, however, put up a brave front and denied that the political goings-on in the State came up for any discussion at the State Executive on Saturday. He also denied that there is any proposal for possible simultaneous elections to the Goa Assembly along with the Lok Sabha elections being
TENDULKAR: STRAIGHT TALK
We are travelling to Delhi next week to meet Parrikar and get an update
Parrikar government will last its entire 5-year term
We have tackled issues individually with those who have raised them... things are sorted
Central party leader had spoken directly to former ministers and sorted out their grievances by explaining why the decision was taken to drop them
BJP obververs also spoke to Glen Ticlo and Rajesh Patnekar directly
When a party grows, it is natural that people who are hurt will voice their grievance
