GOA'S CHOPPY HISTORY
Defections and collapse of governments are regular features in Goa politics.
Goa used to have a stable government till 1990. For the first time in 1990,
Churchil Alemao (the then deputy speaker) and Louis Proto Barbosa (the then
Speaker) put an end to the Congress CM Pratap Singh Rane's long rule in Goa
in a midnight coup.
The state has seen 14 governments in the last 17 years.
The BJP's Manohar Parrikar formed BJP government by toppling the Congress
Govt in 2000. He won 2002 Assembly polls. But the Congress toppled his
Government in 2004 by engineering defections. The same Digambar Kamat, who
was number two in the Parrikar govt was the main defector.
Parrikar is now trying to hit back at his one time trusted friend turned foe
Digambar Kamat by engineering a midnight coup. All eyes are now on the
Governor S C Jamir, who is a Congress man.
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