He, however, clarified that NCP would continue to support the Sardinha government from outside so that political stability was maintained. De Souza, a former chief minister of the state, demanded the new government should investigate attacks on churches and priests in the state and punish the guilty. Sardinha, along with other ten rebel congress MLAs, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by governor Lt Gen (retd) J F R Jacob on November 24.