Goa Governor consults Jaitley for government formation!

In a sensational revelation, Goa Governor, Mridula Sinha, has confessed to having called Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley before inviting the BJP to form the government in Goa.

In an interview with Mumbai Mirror, the Governor and former BJP National executive member, Mridula Sinha said, “I felt I should speak with Arun Jaitley, and I called him around 9.30 in the evening, discussing the situation. I informed him I had verified the numbers and was satisfied and that Congress leaders hadn’t arrived yet. He said that if any party comes with the numbers, it has to be considered. So that settled it.”

Congress calls it “Murder of democracy”

It must be recalled that in the recent Assembly elections the Congress got 17 seats in the 40-member Assembly, the BJP was second with 13 seats. But the BJP which formed a government under Manohar Parrikar, the Union Defence minister, with the help of independent parties. The new Chief Minister also successfully won the floor test in the Assembly, securing votes of 22 MLAs.