Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday tendered his resignation to the Governor to pave the way for the formation of a new government in the state, where his party - BJP - has emerged as the single largest political force after the assembly poll results.
Although Congress leaders strongly spoke against the farm laws which were eventually repealed by the Centre, it was reduced to a historic low in Uttar Pradesh, making the task of its revival even more difficult if not impossible.
Deputy Chief Ministers of Goa, Ajgaonkar Manohar and Chandrakant Kavlekar, lost assembly elections to their nearest Congress rivals. Congress emerged as the second-largest party by winning in 11 constituencies.
Where is counting take place: Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab are the states that went for the polls in seven phases. The results of the assembly elections for five states will be declared on March 10. When does the counting of votes start: The counting of votes will begin at 8 am on March 10 across counting centres in the five states, under the respective
With 20 seats, the BJP is just one short of a simple majority. The party fielded influential local leaders as candidates and retained its OBC vote base