Panaji: Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar refused to drop his colleague Ramesh Tawadkar, who has been chargesheeted in an unlawful assembly case, saying that he finds "no seriousness" in the issue.

"Frankly speaking, I don't find any seriousness in the issue that I have to ask my minister to step down," Parsekar told reporters last evening responding to demands by opposition to sack Tawadkar.