BJP stealing elections, has no right to form govt in Goa & Manipur: Chidambaram

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday lashed out at Bhartiya Janata Party saying they had no right to form the government in Goa and Manipur.

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Chidambaram said, "A party that comes second has no right to form the Government. BJP stealing elections in Goa and Manipur."

Chidambaram's remarks came after Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar was appointed as Goa Chief Minister in a late night development on Sunday.

Governor of Goa Mridula Sinha appointed Parrikar as CM and asked him to prove majority on the floor of the Goa legislative assembly within 15 days after administration of oath of office. 

The BJP, which has bagged 13 seats, four less than the Congress which emerged as the single largest party, stole the march on its rival. Congress failed to muster the numbers to capture power.

In the 40-member House, the Congress has 17 MLAs, followed by the BJP with 13, MGP (3), GFP (3), NCP (1) and Independents (3).

Meanwhile, in Manipur, BJP has claimed to have secured the support of 32 MLAs after getting the backing of NDA constituent parties and two other MLAs.

BJP has its own 21 MLAs and secured support of 11 others adding up to 32 legislators. 31 are needed to form government in the 60-member Assembly, Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said after meeting Governor Najma Heptullah.

"It is absolutely wrong on the part of the BJP to grab power when the mandate was given to the Congress by the voters (by virtue of being the single largest party)," said Digvijaya Singh deploring the BJP's move.