Panaji, June 05: The BJP on Tuesday said it would sit in Opposition in Goa and would not try to form the next government in the state where no party has got a clear majority in the assembly polls.
"People have not given a clear mandate to any party but still we have decided to sit in the Opposition rather than engineer new political equations," Goa BJP President Shripad Naik told agencies.
The BJP won 14 seats in the 40-member House and despite a fractured verdict, the Congress-NCP combine, which bagged 19 seats, looks set to retain power in the coastal state with the help of smaller parties and Independents.
Emerging from a marathon meeting of newly elected BJP legislators and party leaders, Naik said, "We respect people's sentiments."
The meeting was also attended by BJP National General Secretary Rajiv Pratap Rudy.
Naik said with the current political situation, instability is likely to continue to be a part of Goa's politics. "People have given us mandate to sit in Opposition and we are respecting people's sentiments."
Bureau Report
