Overview

• Gaude was removed from the Goa cabinet on June 18 after publicly alleging corruption in the Tribal Welfare Department overseen by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
• At a June 22 rally in Marcel village, he said he would not resign as an MLA or leave the BJP.
• He alleged that Sawant told him to resign under pressure from BJP president J P Nadda, a claim Sawant later denied.
• Gaude said he had been barred from meetings with central BJP leaders, including Nadda, since joining the party in 2022.
• He has sent letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief J P Nadda and President Droupadi Murmu to highlight his graft allegations in the Tribal Welfare Department.