Panaji: No married woman is entirely happy in her marital home, she has to make compromises, which if not made, can lead to divorce, public works department (PWD) minister Ramakrishan 'Sudin' Dhavalikar said on Monday, about his party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party's (MGP) coalition with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is currently running the Goa government.
"Every couple who is married has to make compromises. But, no one needs to tell me how to make compromises. After the 2017 state elections, an MGP executive committee member said to me at one of our meetings 'it was only your individual decision to back Manohar Parrikar as CM and not that of the party.' To that, I asked the party to throw me out if everyone felt so. That executive committee member then backed off," said Dhavalikar, responding to questions from reporters on whether the MGP was happy in the present coalition.
Dhavalikar said that there have been several offers to merge MGP with other parties, but they were declined as it would be dishonest to give up on the party after being elected under its banner.
He said that no one can impose any conditions on MGP, the oldest surviving regional party in the state, which boasts constant representation in the state assembly over the last 45 years. Dhavalikar also said that so far no resolution has been adopted by the MGP to be a member of the NDA.
Pandurang 'Deepak' Dhavalikar said that MGP bagged 12% of the total votes at the last polls held in the state.
The MGP will have a general body meeting on December 17, Dhavalikar said, where two key issues will be discussed. "The executive committee is of the view that younger leaders should be made participants in the main bodies of the party. The second issue to be discussed is extension to the party's working committee whose three-year term is over. The party constitution provides for another two-year extension to it, which will be considered," Dhavalikar said.
"Every couple who is married has to make compromises. But, no one needs to tell me how to make compromises. After the 2017 state elections, an MGP executive committee member said to me at one of our meetings 'it was only your individual decision to back Manohar Parrikar as CM and not that of the party.' To that, I asked the party to throw me out if everyone felt so. That executive committee member then backed off," said Dhavalikar, responding to questions from reporters on whether the MGP was happy in the present coalition.
Dhavalikar said that there have been several offers to merge MGP with other parties, but they were declined as it would be dishonest to give up on the party after being elected under its banner.
He said that no one can impose any conditions on MGP, the oldest surviving regional party in the state, which boasts constant representation in the state assembly over the last 45 years. Dhavalikar also said that so far no resolution has been adopted by the MGP to be a member of the NDA.
Pandurang 'Deepak' Dhavalikar said that MGP bagged 12% of the total votes at the last polls held in the state.
The MGP will have a general body meeting on December 17, Dhavalikar said, where two key issues will be discussed. "The executive committee is of the view that younger leaders should be made participants in the main bodies of the party. The second issue to be discussed is extension to the party's working committee whose three-year term is over. The party constitution provides for another two-year extension to it, which will be considered," Dhavalikar said.
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