Panaji, Feb 26 (TOI): In light of chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s hospitalisation, the Congress party on Monday once again called on governor Mridula Sinha to issue a health bulletin on his medical status. At a meeting of all Congress MLAs, the party took stock of the current political situation and also discussed strategies to mount further pressure on the government.

“Our demand right from the start is that this government should issue a health bulletin on the CM. The governor should at least now issue a health bulletin,” opposition leader Chandrakant Kavlekar said. “If the government comes out with a clear status, unnecessary speculation will not be there.”

“As the principal opposition party, we are monitoring the political situation in Goa,” state Congress president Girish Chodankar said. “We have taken stock, being the single largest party, what role the Congress can have.”

Chodankar said that Congress had no plans to stake claim to form the government “since there is already a sitting government”.

The party blamed BJP for Parrikar’s health deteriorating. “If BJP leadership had listened to us seven months back, to relieve him so that he can recover, then the situation would not have been so bad. But their leadership has failed and it has come to this point. They should be blamed for this situation because they have kept the chief minister under stress,” Chodankar said.

Supporting the bandh called by mining dependants on Tuesday, Rane said that BJP MPs and BJP government at the Center and in the state had failed to find a solution to the issue.