Goa elections: MGP, Congress discuss post-poll alliance

PANAJI: With the exit polls predicting a fractured mandate, political developments have heated in the state. MGP’s Ramkrishna ‘Sudin’ Dhavalikar on Tuesday met with Congress leaders at a starred hotel in Panaji and discussed a post-poll alliance.
“Goa will see a fractured mandate and MGP will support the party that will support MGP and the aspiration of the people of Goa,” Dhavalikar said, adding that they will take a decision on government formation on March 10 at 4pm.
He said that Congress needs MGP to form the government and MGP needs either BJP or Congress to form the government. “Even BJP will need the support of others to form government.”
However, Dhavalikar said that MGP will not support chief minister Pramod Sawant as the next chief minister of the state as he had dropped him from the government and “purchased” MGP’s MLAs. “I cannot go with Sawant,” he said.