The House reconvened at 2 PM with Surendra Singh Nagar presiding. Leader of Opposition Mallikarjun Kharge was briefly allowed to speak, during which he claimed that 250 Members of Parliament had taken out a rally to protest against alleged “vote theft.”
The bill, which was passed last week in the Lok Sabha, seeks to reserve seats in the Goa Legislative Assembly for Scheduled Tribes.
The bill, which was introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 5, seeks to reserve seats in the Goa Legislative Assembly for Scheduled Tribes.
The Lok Sabha speaker said it is the responsibility of legislative bodies, from Panchayats to Parliament, to effectively convey issues of public interest to the executive.
Tawadkar is a former physical education teacher and served as Goa's Sports and Agriculture Minister from 2012-2017.
"Elections will be held on time. They will not be held early. It is scheduled to be held in February, so it will be held in February," Sawant told reporters.
The Corporation is empowered to obtain mining leases/grants, grant prospecting licenses, etc, under the Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation Act, 1957 and carry out all mining operations, to carry out mining operations on behalf of the state under the same Act.
The stunning development takes the tally of BJP MLAs from 17 to 27 in the state legislative assembly.
BJP is now the single largest party with 17 MLAs, even though it has lost the Panaji seat, held for long by late chief minister Manohar Parrikar, to the Congress
In just a few minutes, newly appointed Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant won the floor test after 20 MLAs voted in his favour in the state assembly. Fifteen MLAs voted against the motion in the Goa assembly.
