On a day the BJP cobbled up a coalition to stake claim to form the next government in Goa under Manohar Parrikar, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh today accused the Defence Minister of "hijacking" the popular mandate. The BJP has won only 13 seats in the 40-member House as the poll results threw a hung Assembly with the Congress emerging as the single largest party with 17 seats. Singh said being the single largest party, the Congress had the "first right as well as the popular mandate" to form government, which has been "hijacked by Parrikar." "Parrikar has brought down the morality of politics in the country. The party members led by the Defence Minister called on Governor Mridula Sinha this evening to formally stake the claim to form government.

Source: dna March 12, 2017 17:37 UTC