BJP's obsession with a 'Congress-mukt Bharat' hits a new low in Goa

The BJP has 20 MLAs in Goa's 40-member Assembly, reinforced with the support of two legislators from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and three Independents

A conspicuous feature of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 2.0, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has been the attention, energy, and time invested in engineering majorities to form governments in states where electoral success has eluded the party, by stitching up large-scale desertions in the Opposition to get around the anti-defection law. In recent history, the BJP has not won elections in Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and some Northeastern states, while in Gujarat it was perilously over the half-way mark. Yet, the BJP is ruling each of these states with rebels from the Congress and regional outfits and with or without