Traditional supporters not getting dues is temporary: Swamy
Panaji, Sep 30: Over two months after the BJP in Goa inducted 10 Congress MLAs, with three of them being made part of the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet, BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said "new people" becoming ministers and traditional supporters not getting their dues was "temporary".
He also said that the BJP is "keen" to see the entire country coming under its rule. Swamy was in Goa to take part in a function organised by the party.
In July this year, 10 Congress MLAs had joined the BJP, increasing the party's strength to 27 in the 40-member House. Three of them were appointed as ministers in the saffron party-led government in the state.
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Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had dropped three Goa Forward Party (GFP) MLAs to accommodate the turncoats into his cabinet. He had also dropped an Independent MLA from the cabinet at that time.
"New people have become ministers and some of the traditional supporters have not got their dues. But I think these are temporary situations," Swamy said while addressing reporters in Margao.
"Even Lord Rama had accepted the support of Vibhishana (Ravana's brother). So we have the tradition that the larger good must be seen. We cannot afford to lose Goa because it is an intellectually very important state for us," he said.
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He
said
the
party
is
keen
to
see
that
the
whole
country
comes
under
its
rule.
"We
think
that
if
somebody
is
ready
to
accept
your
programme
and
willing
to
speak
for
it
(then
we
accept
him).
Once
he
joins
and
behaves
the
same
way
he
was
behaving
like
some
other
party
then
I
don't
think
BJP
would
tolerate,"
he
added.