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PANAJI
PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar insisted that this was not the right time to talk about the Chief Minister’s post even as he said that he would be ready for the responsibility
if the people thrust it upon him.
“I’ll be ready for it when it comes. At this stage it is not proper to talk about this,” Dhavalikar said referring to Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s illness and consequent absence from the state.
Dhavalikar was asked whether, considering the responsibilities, monies and projects that he handles on behalf of the state government, he would take up the office of the Chief Minister if the situation arose.
Asked about the party’s position in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls, Dhavalikar said that, that decision would have to be left to the party’s central committee.
“Until the central committee decides, things will be as they are,” Dhavalikar said.
He insisted that the MGP continues to support the BJP but that the party is “not part of the NDA”.
Reports in the press have fueled speculation that the MGP is in talks with the Congress and might consider forming the government with the Congress at the expense of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Manohar Parrikar.
However, the ruling parties have all insisted that the government will last its full term of five years.
The other coalition partner, the Goa Forward party has dared the Congress to form the government without its support.
