PANJIM: Even as BJP seems to be putting up a brave front saying there was no threat to the government, all is not well in the coalition.
In a new twist, BJP’s alliance partner Goa Forward has termed the decision to induct two ministers into the cabinet a “hasty” one that could have been avoided.
Even though he said his party had no say, as it was internal decision of BJP, GFP president and TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai said the decision could have been deliberated upon. “The haste with which the cabinet expansion was done on Monday by inducting two ministers could have been avoided,” Sardesai said. He said the inductions could have been done in a better way by taking everyone on board.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is currently admitted at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi, had dropped two ailing ministers Francis D’Souza and Pandurang Madkaikar, replacing them with Milind Naik and Nilesh Cabral.
“The cabinet expansion, the manner and the speed in which it was done, could have been avoided,” Sardesai said. “It could have been done in a better way. It should have been done by taking everyone on board,” he said, adding that it has ruffled some feathers.
“I have nothing against the newly inducted ministers. It is an internal issue of the BJP, we have no right to discuss that but in politics one should ensure that any political move, which hurts people and results in bad blood, should be avoided,” Sardesai said.
“There are people who are aggrieved. No step should be taken which makes people aggrieved and capable of rocking the boat,” he said.
