A day after a Shiv Sena-NCP- Congress Government took over in Maharashtra, Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said an anti-BJP coalition would be formed in neighbouring Goa.

Raut also spoke to leaders of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and Goa Forward Party (GFP), both of which are, like the Shiv Sena, former BJP allies.

While GFP leader Vijai Sardesai met Raut in Mumbai and supported the Sena’s proposal, MGP’s Sudin Dhavalikar also said that such a coalition was possible.

“There will be definitely an earthquake. Sardesai is here with all his MLAs. Some other MLAs, who have backed the (BJP) Government, are in touch with us,” Raut told reporters in Mumbai. “After Maharashtra, (it is) Goa, there will be a big movement across the country. We will form a non-BJP front,” Raut said.

“A front is being formed with Sardesai in Goa...Like we did in Maharashtra,” the Sena MP added.

Earlier, Sardesai, GFP chief and former Deputy Chief Minister of Goa, said they will interact with people who are ready to oust the BJP Government through a Maharashtra-like model.

Sardesai made the remarks after he, alongwith party MLAs Vinod Palyekar and Jayesh Salgaonkar, met Raut and NCP leader Praful Patel in Mumbai.

 “Regional entities fight for local people....We intend to have such (Maharashtra) type of experiment recreated in Goa to provide an alternative to anti-people Government of Pramod Sawant,” he said. “We have been backstabbed by the BJP after helping it form Government in the State (after February 2017 Assembly polls),” he alleged.