Congress should prove legislative strength if they want power: Goa BJP
Panaji, May 30: The BJP in Goa on Wednesday challenged the opposition Congress to prove its legislative strength to recapture power in the coastal state.
The BJP also ridiculed the party's decision to approach President Ram Nath Kovind to demand a full-fledged Chief Minister for Goa, due to the prolonged absence of Manohar Parrikar, who is undergoing treatment for pancreatic cancer in a US hospital.
"It is wrong for the Congress to keep demanding from the Governor that they should be given a chance to form a government in Goa. The BJP challenges them to first prove their legislative strength in the house or outside. They simply do not have the numbers," state Bharatiya Janata Party Spokesperson Dattaprasad Naik told a press conference here.
As for the Congress plan to meet the President, Naik said: "It is ridiculous that the opposition party is going to the President to demand this. The government is working perfectly with the arrangement put in place by our Chief Minister."
Before leaving for the US, Parrikar appointed a Cabinet Advisory Committee comprising three Ministers, which the Congress claimed is unconstitutional and that the matter would be raised before Kovind.
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95-year-old woman's body found in underground tank in Vadodara
Vadodara: The body of a 95-year-old woman, Ujam Parmar, was discovered in the underground water tank of her residence in the Tarsali area on Wednesday morning, nearly 10 days after she had gone missing.
Police believe Parmar accidentally fell into the tank on December 21 and drowned. Her family had filed a missing person's complaint on December 22 but had no leads despite extensive inquiries and CCTV footage reviews.
The tragic discovery was made after the family noticed a foul smell in their tap water and called for the tank to be cleaned. Inspector Vivek Patel of the special operations group confirmed that the postmortem report indicated drowning as the cause of death, ruling out any foul play.
Parmar, a resident of Navjivan Society, lived with her daughter, a government school teacher. Her two sons and daughter had been actively searching for her since her disappearance.
