Panaji Mar 18 PTI Questioning the delay by the BJP in forming a new government in Goa Congress on Friday said it was ready to consider all possible alternatives to keep the saffron party away from powerA group of BJP legislators however asserted that the party will stake a claim to form government in the next four or five daysThe BJP which won 20 out of 40 seats in the last months Goa Assembly elections and has secured support of the two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs and three Independents has yet to stake a claim to form new governmentSenior Congress leader Digambar Kamat told reporters here that the failure to stake claim indicated that everything is not well within BJPCongress won 11 seats in the elections The results were announced on March 10Congress party is open to all options to ensure that a non-BJP government is formed in Goa which will actually uphold the verdict of assembly polls Kamat saidThe BJP could win 20 seats one short of the majority figure only because votes got split he claimedThe mandate was clearly against the ruling dispensation which is visible from the 3331 per cent vote share of BJP which makes it clear that 6669 per cent voters did not want BJP Kamat addedEven after a week after results the BJP has failed to form government BJP leadership is just buying time giving one excuse or other he saidGovernance has come to a halt after Code of Conduct was announced in January he saidNo major works have been taken up in the last two months The monsoon is fast approaching and a lot of preparation is pending the former chief minister saidSeveral MLAs have approached Congress urging us to take lead in the formation of government We appeal to all non-BJP MLAs to use their wisdom and take steps to ensure that people of Goa get a full-fledged non-BJP government he saidMinutes after Kamats press conference a group of BJP MLAs including Subhas Faldesai Govind Gaude and Daji Salkar held another press conference BJP has won the mandate with 20 seats We will stake a claim to form the government in the next four or five days Faldesai saidCongress should concede the fact that its vote share decreased in the 2022 elections while that of the BJP increased he addedThe performance of Congress was so bad that their president had to ask state unit chief Girish Chodankar to step down Faldesai saidHe also asked why Kamat was appealing to non-BJP MLAs to join forces through a press conference instead of holding a meetingThe split of votes has also affected BJP Otherwise we would have won a few more seats he said PTI RPS KRK KRK

Panaji Mar 18 PTI Congress on Friday said it was ready to consider all possible alternatives to keep the BJP away from power in GoaThe BJP which won 20 out of 40 seats in the last months Goa Assembly elections and has secured support of the two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs and three Independents has yet to stake a claim to form new government Senior Congress leader Digambar Kamat told reporters here that the failure to stake claim indicated that everything is not well within BJPCongress won 11 seats in the elections The results were announced on March 10 Congress party is open to all options to ensure that a non-BJP government is formed in Goa which will actually uphold the verdict of assembly polls Kamat saidThe BJP could win 20 seats one short of the majority figure only because votes got split he claimedThe mandate was clearly against the ruling dispensation which is visible from the 3331 per cent vote share of BJP which makes it clear that 6669 per cent voters did not want BJP Kamat addedEven after a week after results the BJP has failed to form government BJP leadership is just buying time giving one excuse or other he saidGovernance has come to a halt after Code of Conduct was announced in January he saidNo major works have been taken up in the last two months The monsoon is fast approaching and a lot of preparation is pending the former chief minister said Several MLAs have approached Congress urging us to take lead in the formation of government We appeal to all non-BJP MLAs to use their wisdom and take steps to ensure that people of Goa get a full-fledged non-BJP government he said PTI RPS KRK KRK