TRAJANO D’MELLO IS NOW VIJAI’S MAN
Panaji (Goa) :Former state spokesman of Goa Congress Trajano D’Mello today joined Goa Forward Party, days after he was expelled from the party for his anti-party statements. “I would like to thank Trajano for favourably responding to the public appeal to all the like minded people to join the party,” GFP President Vijai Sardesai told reporters today while welcoming the…
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GOA: JUNIOR RANE BLOWS THE ELECTION BUGLE
VALPOI (GOA): BJP leader and Health Minister, Vishwajeet Pratapsingh Rane, has kick started his election campaign for by-election in Valpoi constituency. A large number of people, along with municipal councillors and panch members of Vishwajeet-led panel, met junior Rane and assured him full support. Later, the leaders from the minority community also met Rane and guaranteed him full support for the forthcoming…
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GOA: MAHILA CONGRESS WANTS 33% RESERVATION IN STATE ASSEMBLY
Panaji (GOA): The newly appointed Goa Mahila Congress Committee (GMCC) President Pratima Coutinho has demanded 33 percent reservation for the women in the State assembly. Coutinho on Wednesday took charge succeeding Sunita Vernekar. She was appointed as Mahila congress chief last week by AICC vice president Rahul Gandhi. Coutinho has been active member of the Congress party for nearly a decade now. Talking to…
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IT’S STATE PRESIDENT v/s STATE PRESIDENT FOR RS POLLS
Panaji (GOA): It’s going to be BJP state president v/s Congress state president for the lone Rajya Sabha seat, the elections for which are scheduled on July 21. The ruling coalition has nominated BJP state chief Vinay Tendulakar as their candidate while the opposition Congress have fielded their recent appointed and sitting Member of Parliament Shantaram Naik for the Rajya…
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VINAY TENDULKAR TO FILE NOMINATION FOR RS POLLS ON JULY 11
Panaji (Goa): The Parliamentary Board of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has cleared state party president Vinay Tendulkar’s name as their party candidate for the Rajya Sabha election in Goa, to be held on July 21. Tendulkar is set to file his nomination on July 11 in absence of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who is currently in US and is expected to…
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SHANTARAM NAIK’S APPOINTMENT TO BOOST MORALE OF THE CADRE
Panaji (Goa): After failing to form the government in the State despite being single largest party in the assembly election, the Congress party in Goa feels “the moral of cadres would be high following appointment of Shantaram Naik as State party chief.” “The party cadres were demoralized as despite having numbers in the assembly, Congress could not form the government…
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CONGRESS IN GOA BLAMES DIGVIJAYA SINGH FOR WRONG ADVICE WHICH COST THEM GOVT
Panaji (Goa): Goa Pradesh Congress Committee’s official newsletter has blamed AICC General Secretary Digvijaya Singh for then wrongly guiding the just-elected legislators due to which the party could not form the government in the coastal state. Narratting the sequence of March 12 noon, a day before BJP staked its claim to form the government, Congress party’s local official newsletter has…
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DESPERATE TO TOPPLE BJP LED COALITION GOVERNMENT; CONGRESS
Panaji (GOA): After failing to form the Government despite having the clear mandate, the Congress party is now stated to make ‘desperate’ attempt to topple the BJP led coalition government in the State. The Congress MLAs have already started holding secrete meetings to get back support of the non BJP MLAs who are part of Manohar Parrikar led government. However, there…
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CONGRESS FEAR COMMUNAL TENSION FOLLOWING VENDALISATION OF RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Panaji (GOA) Following series of incidents of desecration of religious structures for last couple of days, the Congress party has raised fear about possible communal tension in Goa. Addressing reporters on Thursday, All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary Girish Chodankar said that people have started getting feared as their religion is being attacked. “We don’t want to politicize the issue. It is…
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VINAY TENDULKAR IS RS CANDIDATE OF BJP FROM GOA
Panaji (Goa): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will field its state president Vinay Tendulkar as the candidate for upcoming Rajya Sabha seat in the coastal state. “The selection of my name was done by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar by holding dialogues with the coalition partners. CM was given all the rights to decide on the name of candidate,” Tendulkar said. The former…
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