Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: BJP Goa Elections Incharge Devendra Fadnavis today said that BJP will form the next state government in the state with the support of two MLAs of MGP and three independents.
“We’ve won 20 seats. MGP has also given us a letter of support. 3 independent MLAs have also supported us. So now we are 20+3+2 =25. There is a possibility that more candidates will join us. So we are forming the govt,” said BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis
He further said thatC entral Parliamentary Board meeting will be held & central observers will be selected.
“Central observers will come to Goa & legislature party meeting will be held, then we’ll go to the Governor to stake claim for govt formation in the state,” he said
He said that the BJP is again winning nearly 20 seats in Goa and we may win a couple of seats more and it is the continuation of the trust reposed by the people of Goa in our leader PM Narendra Modi.
Fadnavis also thanked the people of the State for reposing trust in the party and dedicated its poll performance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“The BJP has won 20 seats in the State, just one short of the magic figure of 21 required to form a majority in the 40-member Assembly,’ he said
In 2017, Congress had emerged as the single largest party in the state, winning 17 seats but the BJP, which won 13 seats, managed to form the government with the support of the Goa Forward Party and the MGP which had won three seats each, and two independents.