MARGAO: Has Nationalist Congress Party’s lone MLA Churchill Alemao moved away from the Opposition to support the ruling BJP-led coalition government?
Expressing his full support to Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in running the State, Alemao on Wednesday said that party supremo Sharad Pawar has given him the liberty to support any party or government in Goa.
After voting against the confidence motion of Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on the floor of the Legislative Assembly around a month ago, Churchill told the media that Pawar has now told him to take a call on supporting any party or government in the state. “I had voted against the confidence motion of Pramod Sawant following a letter received from the NCP leadership,” he said, adding that he has now been given the liberty to take a call on extending support to any government or party.
Saying that Chief Minister Sawant is a good man, Churchill pointed out that the former comes from a common man’s family and needs to be supported to rule the state. “Since Pramod Sawant
hails from a common man’s family, he understands the problems of the common man,” he added.
