Panaji: "One last attempt" by Congress legislative wing to cobble majority numbers and pull down Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's government appears to have come a cropper, with ruling alliance partners refusing to pull the rug from under the BJP-led coalition government.

In the run-up to the recently concluded by-elections to four assembly seats, leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar had repeatedly claimed that the opposition party would make a fresh bid for power soon after results are announced on May 23, with more MLAs in its kitty.