PORVORIM, March 21 -- Following two days of political drama, Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant on Wednesday proved the majority of his BJP-led government in the Assembly, comfortably winning a floor test in the House. Twenty MLAs voted for the motion of confidence, 15 voted against it.
Besides 11 members from BJP, three each from Goa Forward Party, MGP and three Independents supported Sawant during the head count conducted in the House. All the 14 MLAs of Congress and one from NCP stood up against the motion.
Cumbharjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar, who underwent brain surgery after he suffered a stroke last year, was also present for the proceedings in the House, while Congress' Luizinho Faleiro, who is AICC in charge for the North Eastern Stat...