PANAJI : South Goa MP Narendra Sawaikar and BJP spokesperson Sadanand Tanawade, who addressed a joint press conference over House dissolution, said that there is no need for dissolution of the House.
“An opinion has been sought from the Advocate General and based on that the government will decide,” they said, adding, the members of the civil society should stop discussing the issue.
Further, Sawaikar informed that the Bharatiya Janata Party has urged the state Election Commission, headed by R K Srivastava, to stop the delimitation process in panchayats.
Addressing the media on Friday, Sawaikar thanked the voters for turning up in large numbers, specially women, to vote and said that similar trend was witnessed in the 2012 election. This, he said, is a sign of strengthening of the democracy.
He said the women have outnumbered men as far as the voting percentage is concerned and this has happened due to efforts put in by the government.
The last state assembly session was held on August 31, 2016. As per the Constitution, the next assembly session has to be held before February 28,
2017.
According to constitutional experts, as the model code of conduct will remain in force till counting of votes, two options are left. Either Parsekar can convene a cabinet meeting to recommend dissolution of the Assembly before February 28 or failing which Governor Mridula Sinha can dissolve the Assembly under Article 356 of the
Constitution.