Drama moves Rashtrapati
Bhavan
Press Trust of India
28 July 2007
The political crisis in Goa reached the Rashtrapati Bhavan
today with BJP parading 20 of its supporting MLAs before President
Pratibha Patil in what is seen as her first brush with the
rough and tumble of politics after taking over the high office.
Led by BJP chief Rajnath Singh, the 20 MLAs, including Pandurang
and Ramkrishna Dhavalikar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak
Party and Churchill Alemao of the Save Goa Front trooped before
Patil with demand to ensure a sitting of the state assembly
on Monday.
"The Goa government has been reduced to minority and
has deliberately skipped the sitting of the assembly on Friday,"
Leader of the Opposition in Goa assembly Manohar Parrikar
told reporters after meeting Patil.
"The Goa assembly must sit on Monday, July 30 without
fail," Singh said in a memorandum submitted to the President.
"The President told the MLAs that Goa Governor (S C
Jamir) will uphold the Constitution," a Rashtrapati Bhawan
spokesman said.
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