Chidambaram, who is the Congress’ senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls, appealed to the voters of Goa to vote for a regime change and elect Congress.
Moitra, MP, later did not directly refer to Dinesh Gundu Rao’s remarks but said she did not want to “engage in further Twitter shadow boxing” with various Congress functionaries.
Winning Goa is not easy for the ruling BJP, but parties like the AAP and the TMC have put obstacles in the Congress’s path to help the BJP, he claimed.
His statement has come shortly after Trinamool Congress Party’s Goa desk in-charge Mahua Moitra suggested that the Mamata Banerjee-led party was open to a pre-poll alliance with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) and Congress.
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The Congress workers and the voters of Curtorim constituency are determined to defeat Lourenco, Chidambaram said.
Almeida joined National Congress on Wednesday after having extensive consultation with his supporters in Vasco.
Recently, Luizinho Faleiro and Ravi Naik, both former chief ministers, also left the Congress. The party is now left with only Pratapsingh Rane and Digambar Kamat, both of whom are also former CMs.
Two other Congress leaders had also recently resigned as MLAs in the state, where elections are due early next year.
Earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid floral tributes at Martyr’s Memorial, Azad Maidan in Panaji.
Goa Liberation Day 2021: As per the PMO, the Prime Minister will felicitate the freedom fighters and veterans of ‘Operation Vijay’ at the function.
Goa Liberation Day in India 2021: The Goa Liberation Day celebrates the liberation of Goa from Portuguese dominion on 19th December 1961.
The Congress will also restart the iron ore mining industry in Goa by legal methods, Chidambaram said addressing the party workers on Saturday in Valpoi Assembly constituency, currently represented by state Health Minister and BJP leader Vishwajit Rane.
Faleiro, who left the Congress to join the Mamata Banerjee camp in September, currently holds the post of TMC vice-president.
Former Speaker of the Goa legislative assembly and deputy Chief Minister Dayanand Narvekar joined the Aam Aadmi Party in Goa on Tuesday. “The AAP has a structure in place in Goa and they have done exemplary work in the national capital,” Narvekar told reporters after his formal induction in the[Read More…]
The committee which compiled the report was headed by Director of the Indian Institute of Technology Goa Dr B.K. Mishra, former dean of GMC Dr V.N. Jindal and Secretary Revenue Sanjay Kumar.
In his petition, advocate Shukr Usgaonkar had said that the Goa government’s decision to bar domiciled Goans from entering casinos was violative of his personal rights, because it barred him from visiting casinos.
Chidambaram also urged Congress workers in the state to win the hearts and minds of people in the run up to the polls to make sure that the Congress wins the 2022 polls.
Antinio, who recently joined TMC in Goa, also expressed his anguish towards the Congress party and accused the Congress of surrendering power to BJP in various states despite gaining the majority.
“Our preparation for the third wave is at almost 90 per cent. The paediatric ICU is ready. Right now the situation is static,” said Bandekar, the dean of the Goa Medical College.
”Patnekar was admitted to the Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) after he tested positive for the viral infection on Wednesday,” former MLA and Goa Legislature Forum vice president Victor Gonsalves told reporters.
The remarks came days after former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro resigned as Congress MLA, ahead of the state polls due next year.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told reporters the state government will make it mandatory for taxi drivers to carry the badge issued by the state Transport department. ”The taxi driver should be a resident of Goa for the last 15 years,” the CM said.
Ganesh Chaturthi 2021: Sawant also expressed worry about the trend where persons who have taken the first Covid dose, neglecting the subsequent booster dose.
The GFP currently has three MLAs in the state Assembly, while the Congress is left with five, after 12 MLAs left the party to join the BJP.