BJP WILL FACE POLITICAL IMPACT IF MINING NOT RESUMED: SARDESAI
PANAJI The BJP in Goa will be politically affected if mining does not restart soon, said Vijai Sardesai who is a minister in the BJP-led coalition government in Goa. Sardesai said that Goa Forward party, which is a part of the BJP-led alliance, would be joining pro-mining protesters in Delhi during the upcoming winter session of Parliament. “The chief minister knows the…
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PARRIKAR WANTED TO STEP DOWN AS CM BUT BJP HIGH COMMAND DID NOT ALLOW THAT: SARDESAI
PANAJI Goa Forward Party chief and Agriculture Minister Vijai Sardesai on Thursday said that the ailing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar wanted to resign, but the BJP high command dismissed it. “He (Parrikar) wanted to give up the CM’s post and wanted to allot portfolios to other ministers when he was admitted to hospital during Ganesh Chaturthi festival,” Sardesai said. Sardesai said that…
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PARRIKAR, D’SOUZA, MADKAIKAR WILL ATTEND NEXT ASSEMBLY SESSION: TENDULKAR
PANAJI The BJP, on Wednesday, dismissed MGP’s claim that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and two other BJP MLAs are terminally ill. Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar told reporters that the chief minister and MLAs Francis D’Souza and Pandurang Madkaikar will be attending the next session of the Legislative Assembly. In a petition filed before the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court…
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MGP FILES PETITION IN HIGH COURT
PANAJI The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, member of the BJP-led ruling alliance in Goa, has filed a petition before the High Court saying that three BJP MLAs including Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar were terminally ill and in no position to attend the assembly session if convened for a floor test. The petition, which was filed before the Panaji Bench of the Bombay…
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ACTIVISTS MARCH TO CM’s HOUSE DEMANDING HIS RESIGNATION
DONA PAULA Nearly a hundred protesters, including Congress leaders, under the banner of ‘People’s March For Restoration of Governance’, marched to Goa CM’s private residence in Dona Paula on Tuesday evening. However, the police managed to stop the protesters a few metres away from the CM’s residence. The protesters have asked Parrikar to resign as Chief Minister within two days, failing…
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VELINGKAR ALL SET TO ENTER POLITICAL BATTLEGROUND
PORVORIM Goa Suraksha Manch (GSM) founder and former RSS chief Subhash Velingkar on Sunday said that he is prepared to enter active politics. According to sources, it is expected that Velingkar may contest on the GSM ticket in the upcoming Assembly by-polls from Mandrem constituency where he is expected to face BJP’s probable candidate Dayanand Sopte. In a meeting held by Bharat…
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GMPF MEMBERS MEET SPEAKER PRAMOD SAWANT
PANAJI The Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF), an umbrella organization of mining dependents, has demanded the state government to speed up the process of amending laws so that mining can resume in the state. The GMPF has been demanding that the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 1957 be amended so that mining restart. Members of GMPF met Goa Assembly Speaker…
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BJP SHOULD TAKE ME SERIOUSLY: PARSEKAR
MANDREM Former state Chief Minister and BJP leader Laxmikant Parsekar on Tuesday indicated that he might rebel against his party. Parsekar said that the BJP should take him seriously. His statement comes two days after Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar met him at Mandrem. While BJP is preparing for to field ex-Congress MLAs Sopte and Shirodkar for the by-polls,…
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WILL APPROACH THE COURT TO SEEK HEALTH UPDATE OF CM: CONGRESS
PANAJI The Congress on Friday once again demanded that the state government must prove that Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar is fit to govern. Congress spokesperson Jitendra Deshprabhu, while addressing a press conference at Congress state headquarters on Friday said that the Opposition party will approach the court to seek directions to the government to release a health bulletin on Parrikar who…
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NO TALKS WITH PARSEKAR UNTIL HE APOLOGISES FOR ABUSING PARRIKAR, SHAH AND ME: VINAY TENDULKAR
PANAJI Goa BJP chief Vinay Tendulkar has said that ex-CM and former Mandrem MLA Laxmikant Parsekar must apologise for abusing CM Parrikar, BJP national president Amit Shah and himself. While talking to reporters on sidelines of a national security-related conference, Tendulkar said that as long as Parsekar does not apologise for using filthy words, there would be no further discussion. “ He…
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