A day after Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar ‘thanked’ Congress leader Digvijaya Singh for letting him form the BJP Government in the State, the latter retorted by saying that the CM should thank Union Shipping and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari instead for “aggressive MlA buying” that helped him form the Government. Singh on Saturday also sought an apology from Parrikar for “cheating the people of the State.”
“Shame on you Mr Parrikar and your hunger for power. You have cheated the people of Goa. Apologise to them,” Singh said on Twitter.
Parrikar had on Friday said in his speech in Rajya Sabha that he wanted to thank Singh, in-charge of the Congress party's affairs in Goa. "My special thanks to honourable member Digvijaya Singh, who happened to be in Goa but did nothing so that I could form the government," Parrikar said.
"Manohar Parrikar thanks me for letting him form Govt in Goa. If he has to thank anyone, it is Nitin Gadkari who did aggressive MlA shopping on 12th March early morning from a hotel in Goa. And the Goa Governor who violated the Constitution, Sarkaria Commission guideline and the Supreme Court...And robbed the mandate of people of Goa," Singh said in a series of tweets.
In Goa, the Congress had emerged as the largest party after the recently held polls, but the BJP led by Parrikar managed to form the government with the support of other parties. Congress had won 17 seats in the 40-member state Assembly, while the BJP secured 13 seats.