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PANAJI: Sadanand Shet Tanavade, member of parliament (Rajya Sabha) and President of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Goa unit, declared that the MGP and the BJP are allies and will fight the 2027 elections jointly.
However, he warned that it is too soon to talk about seat-sharing arrangements. “We have an alliance with them and ave decided to continue with it but who will contest how many seats will be decided when the elections are closer,” Tanavde stated.
Tanavade noted, however, that MGP’s public remarks regarding seat-sharing are inappropriate.
“The MGP Chief’s remarks regarding seat-sharing are improper. I stated yesterday that the BJP would run candidates in each of the 40 assembly seats, but I later realized that we are in a partnership with the MGP. Speaking while in the partnership is improper,” he stated.
According to Tanavade, it is improper for the MGP leader to claim the seat that the BJP MLA already has.
His remarks follow MGP Chief Deepak Dhavalikar’s assertion that the coalition might win 27 seats in the next assembly elections and establish a stable administration in Goa.
A stable government in Goa requires the MGP-BJP alliance, according to Dhavalikar, who recently stated that the two parties would sign a pre-election agreement before the 2027 Goa assembly elections.
The MGP formed an agreement with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) to run in the 2022 assembly elections, but after the election, they formed an alliance with the BJP, and Madkaim MLA was appointed to the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet.