Goa floor test: Parrikar wins trust vote with 22 MLAs

Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar-led BJP government today won the trust vote moved in the state Assembly here. While 22 MLAs were in support of the government, 16 were against it. Congress MLA Viswajit Rane abstained from voting, while NCP's Churchill Alemao supported the government.

Senior BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari told media persons at Panajim that Mr Parrikar's name had to be considered after the new alliance partners and newly elected legislators made their support conditional and insisted that they would support the BJP-led dispensation only when Mr Parrikar takes charge. (UNI)