Goa's frequent date with political instability

Panaji
Goa, the tiny state which has seen 19 chief ministers since its liberation from Portuguese rule in 1961, is not novice for the political instability and stories of betrayals.
The state got statehood in 1987 also inherited the instability from that year onwards. Pratapsingh Rane, none of the chief ministers since then have been able to complete their tenure of five years.
The state saw the lowest ebb in the year 1994 when Ravi Naik, the current home minister, was made chief minister only for seven days before being replaced by Dr Wilfred D'Souza.
Incidently, Goa had all its chief ministers completing the full tenure, when it was an union territory with 30 constituencies, of these two constituencies were from Daman and Diu.
The state has witnessed the most odd political equations and unexpected moves by the politicians once the constituencies were increased to 40 after the statehood. At times, the history has repeated and tables are turned as they are happening now for Goa chief minister Digamber Kamat.
BJP leader Manohar Parrikar's successful stint was cut short in a coupe that was led by Atanasio Monserratte in the year 2005. Parrikar would have managed to save his chair, if not Kamat, who was then second in command in BJP government switched over the sides.
The history has repeated itself two years later when the same Monserratte is leading the coupe against Kamat and this time, Parrikar is getting all the muscles to avenge the 2005 episode.
Also, it was the same Maharashtrawadi Gomantak party (MGP) which had fuelled the coupe against Parrikar. And this time, MGP is again in action, against Kamat.
Since 1987, Pratapsingh Rane, now the speaker of legislative assembly, has served most of the years. He is four time chief minister serving for more than a decade, put together all his years.
Before statehood, Rane had a successful undisturbed chief ministerial spat for almost 17 years, the longest serving tenure of any chief minister in goa.
The state which was liberated from Portuguese rule in the year 1961 had Military governor K P Candeth and T Shivashankar till 1963 when the first general election was held in the state electing Dayanand Bandodkar as the chief minister.
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak party, Bandodkar's baby, ruled the state till August 12, 1973 when he passed away. His daughter Shashikala Kakodkar took over the reins of the state till 1979. All this time, the MGP ruled the state.
The 1980 election saw regional party being replaced by Indian national congress swearing in young and dynamic leader Pratapsingh Rane as the chief minister. He continued for next 17 years before Goa got into the instability mode.
The first shortest serving chief minister was Churchill Alemao, who served the state for only 17 days before resigning on his own to let Luis Proto Barbosa take over the chair.
Barbosa lasted for only eight months. Ravi Naik replaced him in a political changeover. Naik served for two years.
Dr Wilfred D'Souza was installed on the chair for next one year between 1993 to April 1994. In the year 1994, Naik hatching a toppling game managed to get over the chair, which he could stick to for only seven days before being disqualified by the court.
Since then Pratapsingh Rane (congress), Dr Wilfred D'Souza (Congress), Luizinho Faleiro (congress), Fransisco Sardinha (Goa Rajiv Congress), Manohar Parrikar (BJP) and now Digamber Kamat became the chief minister heading the political combinations.