ONGC barge tragedy: MVA seeks Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation By IANS | 0 Views ONGC barge tragedy: MVA seeks Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation. Image Source: IANS News Mumbai, May 20 : As the toll in the Arabian Sea barge tragedy rose to 37, Maharashtra's ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies on Thursday demanded that Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan must be held accountable and should quit over the loss of precious human lives. Hitting out at the Centre, Shiv Sena MP and senior leader Arvind Sawant said that if there had been a similar tragedy in Maharashtra, the Opposition Bharatiya Janata Party leaders would have sought resignations of the people in the government.