PANAJI
Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar on Monday asked senior Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) leader Sudin Dhavalikar to resign from the Cabinet, if he had self-respect.
He was reacting to Dhavalikar’s claim that Parsekar has taken the State 10 years backward and the BJP-MGP alliance will continue only if Parsekar is dropped as the chief minister.
Speaking to media persons after a function, Parsekar said, “If he has some self-respect, he should resign and go. He wants to be there and enjoy all the benefits of power till the last moment. This is not correct.”
“He can dream of becoming not only the chief minister of the State, but also the prime minister of the country. I don’t have any objection to it”, said Parsekar.
Stating that BJP has organisational setup in all 40 constituencies, Parsekar said, “My party believes in organisation. Wherever we have MLAs, we already have an organisational setup. However, in places where we do not have our MLAs, there too we are building the organisation.”
But, even though we have the setup in all 40 constituencies, we have never said that we do not want anybody with us. Even when we had 21 MLAs elected, we took them (MGP) together and gave them important portfolios in the Cabinet”, said Parsekar when asked if they did not want a pre-poll alliance with MGP in the upcoming State Legislative Assembly polls.
Questioned on the reason why MGP was making such comments, he said, “Usually I avoid commenting on others, especially those who are a part of my Cabinet. I will only comment when he (Sudin) resigns and goes. I have tried to have patience all this while.”
