<p class="title">The Congress on Saturday demanded that Goa governor Mridula Sinha summon a special session of the legislative assembly and ask the BJP-led coalition government to prove its majority.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress has been claiming that the state government is in disarray in absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar from office on account of medical reasons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing reporters, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the party would raise this issue during the upcoming winter session of Parliament and also before President Ram Nath Kovind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress had submitted representations to the president and the Goa governor, claiming that the party had the requisite number of MLAs to prove majority in the 40-member House.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Goa is a classic case of fraud being played on the people of Goa by the governor and the BJP at Centre," Surjewala said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will put pressure on the central leadership of the BJP in the winter session and also before the president for our demand to summon a special session to prove majority," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa of holding the Constitution "captive", Surjewala said the formation of the Cabinet Advisory Committee by the BJP in absence of Parrikar is a "blatant fraud on the Constitution".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP-led state government is supported by the Goa Forward Party, the Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party and three Independent MLAs.</p>
<p class="title">The Congress on Saturday demanded that Goa governor Mridula Sinha summon a special session of the legislative assembly and ask the BJP-led coalition government to prove its majority.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress has been claiming that the state government is in disarray in absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar from office on account of medical reasons.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Addressing reporters, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Singh Surjewala said the party would raise this issue during the upcoming winter session of Parliament and also before President Ram Nath Kovind.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Congress had submitted representations to the president and the Goa governor, claiming that the party had the requisite number of MLAs to prove majority in the 40-member House.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Goa is a classic case of fraud being played on the people of Goa by the governor and the BJP at Centre," Surjewala said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We will put pressure on the central leadership of the BJP in the winter session and also before the president for our demand to summon a special session to prove majority," he said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Accusing the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa of holding the Constitution "captive", Surjewala said the formation of the Cabinet Advisory Committee by the BJP in absence of Parrikar is a "blatant fraud on the Constitution".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BJP-led state government is supported by the Goa Forward Party, the Maharashtravadi Gomantak Party and three Independent MLAs.</p>