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Sanjay Raut discusses Goa assembly poll strategy with Congress leaders

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Monday held discussions with Congress leaders on the strategy for Goa assembly polls.Taking to Twitter, Sanjay Raut tweeted, "In Goa today, discussions were held with the leading leaders of the Congress regarding the forthcoming Assembly elections. Dinesh Gundu Rao, Digambar Kamat and Girish Chodankar as well as my colleague Jeevan Kamat Jitesh Kamat were present. Is it possible to experiment with 'Mahavikas Aghadi' like Maharashtra in Goa? This was discussed."Goa Assembly has a strength of 40 members out of which BJP currently has 17 legislators and enjoys the support of legislators from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Vijay Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), and three independents. GFP and MGP each have three MLAs. Congress, on the other hand, has 15 MLAs in the house.

Goa will trounce Bengal-based pol parties, just like in football: Kamat

Goa will trounce West Bengal-based AITC in politics, just like Goan football teams have defeated football giants from the eastern state, according to former Congress CM Digambar Kamat

Ex-Goa MLA quits TMC months after joining it; dubs it as 'communal' party

Nearly three months after joining the Trinamool Congress (TMC), former Goa legislator Lavoo Mamlatdar on Friday resigned from the party, accusing it of being communal

Goa Assembly elections: AAP assures corruption-free govt if voted to power

Aam Aadmi Party's national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday assured a "corruption-free and honest" government in Goa, if the AAP is voted to power in the Assembly polls due next year. Kejriwal told reporters here that the guarantee was made based on the track record of the AAP's Delhi government, where its own minister was sacked for seeking a bribe from a shopkeeper. Ministers or MLAs won't be spared from punishment, if they are found demanding bribe, the Delhi chief minister said. "We will provide the first corruption-free and honest government in Goa," he claimed. If the AAP is voted to power in Goa, its government will also stop petty level corruption by introducing doorstep delivery of services, Kejriwal said. We have already introduced doorstep delivery of services in Delhi. All the government services would be available at your doorstep, he said. In Delhi, government officers visit an applicant's residence to collect the documents, and a similar system will be introd

Goa elections: Congress announces pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward Party

The Congress and the Goa Forward Party on Saturday announced a pre-poll alliance for the upcoming state Assembly elections due in February next year

Non-BJP parties should avoid vote split in Uttar Pradesh: Nawab Malik

Malik on Monday said his party NCP is of the view that there should be no division of votes among like-minded parties to take on the BJP in the forthcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

Priyanka promises 30% quota in jobs for women if Cong voted to power in Goa

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday promised 30 per cent reservation in jobs for women if her party is voted to power in the upcoming assembly polls in Goa

BJP will win Goa polls irrespective of any alliance, says state president

The BJP on Monday said it will win the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa on its own even if all opposition parties contest together, hours after the regional MGP announced an alliance with TMC

Goa elections: MGP announces pre-poll alliance with Mamata's TMC

The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Monday announced that it would contest the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections in alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.

Goa: TMC terms meeting between Rahul Gandhi and GFP MLAs 'unholy alliance'

Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Wednesday dubbed "unholy alliance" the meeting between two MLAs of the Goa Forward Party (GFP) with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at his residence in Delhi. GFP MLAs Vijay Sardesai and Vinod Palyekar, and independent legislator Prasad Gaonkar, had met Gandhi on Tuesday and alleged that the BJP government in Goa was "corrupt" after they extended their support to Congress to defeat BJP in the next year's assembly polls. This meeting fuelled speculation about a possible alliance between GFP and Congress. On Tuesday, something happened which every Goan should think about. Vijai Sardesai, who heads Goa Forward Party, is in talks with Congress yet again and announced a possible alliance for the Goa elections, TMC MP Mahua Moitra told reporters. She said BJP had come to power in Goa after the 2017 Assembly polls even though it had won 13 seats due to this "unholy alliance". TMC had announced to contest the maiden assembly elections in Goa. The GFP had entered i

All political parties in Goa in cahoots with BJP, alleges Mahua Moitra

Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra alleged that all political parties in Goa were in cahoots with the ruling BJP, and also accused the Congress of doing nothing all these years

Keep TMC, AAP away, walk on path of development: Nadda urges Goans

BJP president J P Nadda urged the people of the state to shun these parties and walk on the path of development by strengthening the BJP

Goa polls: Process to shortlist Cong candidates to begin on Nov 26

The Congress will start the process of shortlisting candidates from November 26 for the Goa Assembly polls scheduled for early 2022, state unit chief Girish Chodankar said on Tuesday. He said party observer Prakash Rathod would be holding meetings with functionaries of all 40 blocks in the Assembly constituencies to shortlist candidates. "The process for south Goa will take place on November 26-27, while the north Goa district will submit names of probable candidates on November 28 and December 1. On November 30, the Pradesh Election Committee will meet to discuss the already shortlisted names, while the Screening Committee will meet on December 3-4," he said. In the absence of any alliance at the moment, candidates would be shortlisted for all 40 seats in the Goa Assembly, Chodankar said.

Mamata to visit Goa on Oct 28; urges parties to join TMC in defeating BJP

TMC supremo on Saturday said she would be on a maiden visit to Goa on October 28, and appealed to political parties and individuals to join her party in defeating the ruling BJP in the state

BJP will win absolute majority in Goa Assembly polls and form govt: Shah

Shah expressed confidence that the ruling BJP would win 'absolute majority' in the Goa Assembly elections due in February next year and form the government in the state once again

Cong will win Goa elections in 2022, LS polls in 2024: Chidambaram

Congress veteran P Chidambaram on Thursday expressed confidence that his party will win the Goa Assembly elections due next year and also the next Lok Sabha polls in 2024. Chidambaram, who is the AICC Goa poll in-charge, was addressing party workers after inaugurating the state election campaign office in Panaji. Let me say one thing from history...whoever wins Goa wins Delhi. In 2007 we won Goa...in 2009 we won Delhi. In 2012, we unfortunately lost Goa, in 2014 we lost Delhi. In 2017, you (referring to party workers) won Goa, but our legislators lost Goa, he said, while noting that the Congress was defeated in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The former Union minister said this time, his party is moving forward with courage and confidence and "will win Goa in 2022 and Delhi in 2024". In the 2017 Goa Assembly polls, the Congress emerged as the single largest party by winning 17 seats in the 40-member House. But, the BJP at that time forged an alliance with some regional outfits and ..

Won't repeat post-poll fiasco of 2017 in 2022 Goa polls: Chidambaram

The Congress in Goa has vowed not to repeat the 2017 post-poll fiasco, when, despite being the single largest party, its leadership delayed submission of a letter staking claim to form a government

Get ready, Trinamool Congress is going to Goa: Abhishek Banerjee

Trinamool Congress (TMC) general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday said the party will explore political opportunities outside West Bengal and will enter the poll scene in Goa in the coming days.

Tito's owner & Goa BJP ticket aspirant wants lie-detector tests of all MLAs

Former owner of Club Titos, one of the top nightclubs in Goa, Ricardo D'Souza wants all MLAs to take a lie detector test to prove they have not taken bribes in public life.

Kejriwal vows allowances for unemployed, 80% pvt job quota for Goans

"We will arrange employment for one unemployed youth in every home in Goa. Until the youth does not get employment, Rs 3,000 per month will be paid as unemployment allowance," Kejriwal said.