“We will complete three years in power. No one has the daring to overthrow this BJP-led coalition government,” Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.
After inaugurating an election campaign office of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Panaji bypoll candidate Sidharth Kuncolienkar, the CM said that the BJP would win the prestigious Assembly seat which has been held by the party for 25 years, during which it was largely represented by late Manohar Parrikar.
“I am saying this on purpose. I am certain that this government will complete the remaining three years. Our alliance partners, Vijai Sardesai or independent MLAs, are with us,” said Mr. Sawant who took over as Chief Minister after the death of Mr. Parrikar on March 17 following a prolonged battle with pancreatic cancer.
The Chief Minister’s response comes in the wake of recent statements by Congress candidate Atanasio Monserrate during campaigning, that on May 23, Goa will get a new government.
Apart from the Lok Sabha election results, Goa will also witness the results of the Assembly bypolls of Shiroda, Mapusa, Mandrem and Panaji, on May 23.