The Manohar Parrikar-led coalition Government in Goa comfortably passed the floor test on Thursday winning with a comfortable margin of 22-16 votes, even as the principal Opposition party, the Congress had to face huge embarrassment as one of its MlAs went 'missing' and subsequently resigned from the party and legislatorship.
The Congress however claimed that the coalition Government was an "illegitimate" one, founded on "fraudulently" acquired MlAs, in addition to the 13 BJP legislators. The one-day Assembly session called on Thursday, specifically for the trust vote lasted for a few minutes after Chief Minister Parrikar moved a one-line motion seeking the confidence of the House.
Pro-tem Speaker Sidharth Kunkolienkar, who was appointed to the position from a pool of 17 BJP MlAs, asked the legislators to vote, even as former Speaker and Congress MlA Pratapsingh Rane wanted to raise a point of order, which was disallowed.