BJP walks out of Goa Assembly 13 Feb 2006 _ PTI Panaji: To express protest against Goa Govenor S C Jamir for dismissal of the party government last year, BJP members today walked out of the Legislative Assembly during his address on the opening day of the five-day session.
"The Governor does not deserve merit from our side as he had dismissed BJP-led government unconstitutionally a year back without waiting for the Speaker's report," Leader of Opposition, Manohar Parrikar said after staging a walkout. "We did not disrupt the proceedings of the House as we knew that the Govenor's address on the first day of the session was a Constitutional requirement. We wanted to honour this requirement hence we walked out silently from the House," Parrikar said. The decision to walk-out was taken by the BJP Legislative wing to protest dismissal of the Parrikar government by the Governor's on February 1 last year, paving way for the Congress-led Pratapsigh Rane government. The BJP leaders, however, said they would attend the rest of the session.