‘If Goa govt collapses, Cong won’t shirk from responsibility’

PANAJI: Congress leader Shantaram Naik on Wednesday said his party does not intend to pull down the BJP government in Goa in view of the current political environment in the state but if the Parrikar dispensation collapses on its own, the grand old party “will not shirk from its responsibility of taking over”. Last month, he claimed that with chief minister Manohar Parrikar indisposed since February 15, the state is in crisis and the administration is on the verge of collapse. On whether the Congress intended to form government in Goa considering the political environment in the state, the former MP said, “If the (BJP-led) government collapses on its own, we will not shirk from our responsibility of taking over.” The Congress is the main opposition party in the state with 16 legislators in the 40-member Assembly.