Goa [India], October 1 (ANI): On the occasion of the International Day for Older Persons, staff members of the Mapusa Police division spent quality time with inmates of the Bom Jesus Home for the aged.

Panaji Nov 20 PTI Goa Forward Party GFP working president Kiran Kandolkar quit the party on Saturday in protest against a possible alliance with the Congress in the upcoming Assembly polls and joined the Trinamool Congress He was welcomed in TMC by the party MP Mahua Moitra and TMC national vice president Luizinho Faleiro Kandolkar a former BJP MLA had joined GFP in 2020 Incidentally he was declared the GFP candidate from the Aldona seat for the Assembly polls scheduled early next year But the Congress has already started campaigning there I feel Congress will ditch the Vijai Sardesai-led party at the last minute I feel that parties like Congress and AAP are not serious about defeating BJP he told reporters Kandolkar said the Mamata Banerjee -led party is only capable of defeating the BJP in the next years polls Rahul Gandhi or Arvind Kejriwal cant defeat Narendra Modi But Mamata Banerjee has shown in West Bengal that she can fight back and hand BJP a drubbing he added GFP chief Vijai Sardesai said Kandolkars exit was shocking I welcome a recent statement by AICC Goa desk incharge Dinesh Gundu Rao on an alliance I promise Goans that we will unitedly work to eradicate the virus of BJP that is affecting Goa now he said Rao had recently announced that Congress was in talks with the GFP and other political parties including NCP and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party for a tie-up for polls Sardesai said Kandolkar must have left the party because he had doubts whether he would get a ticket after a possible alliance with Congress for himself and his wife Downplaying the development Sardesai said such migration is bound to happen as a new party TMC has come to Goa In the 2017 Goa Assembly polls the Congress had won the highest 17 seats in the 40-member House restricting the BJP at 13 However the BJP allied with regional parties- GFP and MGP- to form a government under the late Manohar Parrikar The GFP has three MLAs in the House PTI RPS BNM NSK NSK

Panaji Nov 20 PTI Goa Forward Party working president Kiran Kandolkar quit the outfit on Saturday in protest against a possible alliance with the Congress in the upcoming Assembly polls Kandolkar a former BJP MLA who had joined GFP in 2020 said the Congress will ditch the Vijai Sardessai-led party at the last minute Incidentally Kandolkar was declared the GFP candidate from Aldona seat for the Assembly polls scheduled early next year But the Congress has already started campaigning there I will announce my future plans soon he added PTI RPS BNM BNM BNM