Goa Assembly

After inviting Oppn wrath, Goa govt says free LPG only for the poor

The BJP government in Goa is under attack from the opposition and has also invited the public's wrath for not fulfilling its poll promise of '3 free LPG cylinders'

Mahadayi water issue: Oppn members ousted after disrupting Goa Guv's speech

Opposition members tried to disrupt Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai's address to the Goa Assembly on the first day of its winter session, demanding a statement from him on the Mahadayi river

State scan: Has Goa become the go-to party-hopping destination in India?

Goa isn't new to defections. Political analysts say there have been at least 10 major episodes of defections since the state was liberated in the early 1960s

Goa defectors reading BJP's 'script' to tarnish Cong's image: Ex-AICC secy

Former AICC secretary Girish Chodankar alleged that those who have joined BJP by betraying Congress and people of Goa are now reading out the "script" penned by BJP to tarnish the image of his party

Accepted merger of CLP into BJP: Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar

Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Thursday said he had accepted the merger of the state Congress Legislature Party (CLP) into the ruling BJP. He went through a letter submitted by Congress MLAs and found that they have required numbers, he told reporters. Eight out of 11 Congress MLAs on Wednesday passed a resolution to merge the legislature party into the BJP.

No oppn party in Goa left with enough MLAs to stake claim for LoP post

With the strength of Congress reduced to three, no opposition party in the Goa Legislative Assembly now has enough MLAs to stake claim to the post of Leader of Opposition. Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar told PTI in the evening that he has approved the defecting Congress MLAs' resolution to merge the Congress Legislative Party with the BJP. Eight out of eleven Congress MLAs joined the ruling BJP earlier on Wednesday. Current Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo was among those who crossed over. Tawadkar, who was in Delhi when these eight MLAs passed a resolution to merge the Congress Legislative Party with the BJP, rushed to his office upon return to Goa on Wednesday evening. As to who would be the Leader of Opposition now, he said he would examine technicalities and give some clarity on Thursday. For any political party to stake claim for the post of LoP, it should have minimum ten percent of MLAs in the House. In 40-member Goa Assembly, a party needs to have at least four MLAs.

Prez poll: Goa CM Sawant casts vote, says Murmu will get maximum votes

After casting his vote in the state Assembly premises, Goa CM Pramod Sawant told reporters that he has requested all the MLAs to vote for the NDAs candidate Droupadi Murmu in the president

Ruckus in Goa Assembly as oppn MLAs protest against rail, road projects

Opposition legislators on Friday stormed into the well of the Goa Assembly to protest against three projects which they claimed will turn the state into a coal import hub.

Goa Congress files petitions with Speaker to disqualify MLAs Lobo, Kamat

The Congress has accused the two MLAs of hobnobbing with the ruling BJP to bring about a split in the opposition party

Goa Cong moves its 5 MLAs to undisclosed location ahead of Assembly session

As on Monday morning, five of the total 11 Congress MLAs, in the 40-member Goa Assembly, were with the party, while five others remained out of reach

Goa: Notification for Dy Speaker poll withdrawn amid Cong split rumours

The move comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs in the 40-member House may cross over to the ruling BJP

Goa government to e-auction iron ore mining leases, says CM Sawant

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said the state government is geared up to take over 88 leases, whose renewal was cancelled by the Supreme Court in 2018

Goa CM Pramod Sawant to present state budget on Wednesday

The government will also take a Vote on Account for the next four months

44% newly sworn-in Goa ministers have criminal cases against them: ADR

According to the ADR report, serious criminals cases meant those offences which carry punishment of five years or more

Newly sworn-in CM Pramod Sawant assures new job opportunities in Goa

Pramod Sawant took oath as the Goa Chief Minister for the second consecutive term at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium today

Goa CM not sure of winning his seat so Shah is campaigning for him: Cong

Shah is scheduled to address a public meeting at Sankhalim, from where Sawant is the BJP candidate, on Wednesday evening

NCP-Shiv Sena seat-sharing talks for Goa assembly polls on Tuesday

The two Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) allies in Maharashtra are contemplating an alliance in Goa after the Congress declined to have seat adjustments with them

TMC appoints Goa's ex-CM Luizinho Faleiro as its vice president

Days after he joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), the party has appointed Goa's former chief minister Luizinho Faleiro as its vice president

Kejriwal assures 80% jobs for locals if AAP voted to power in Goa next year

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said if voted to power in Goa in the 2022 polls, his party will ensure that 80% of jobs, including in the private sector, will be reserved for local people.

Budget session of Goa Assembly to begin on March 24: Official

The budget session of the Goa legislative Assembly will begin on March 24, an official said on Tuesday.