Panaji (Goa) [India], October 18 (ANI): Goa Bhartiya Janta Party spokesperson Savio Rodrigues on Monday hits out at Goa assembly Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao's statement of calling 'Rahul Gandhi has a blood relation with Mahatma Gandhi'. "Vadra Congress does not carry the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi", the BJP leader said.

Goa [India], September 29 (ANI): Goa BJP leader Savio Rodrigues has urged the Centre and the Goa government to set up a fund to restore heritage catholic churches in the state.

Panaji (Goa) [India], March 19 (ANI): Ahead of the legislature party meeting, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Subhash Phal Desai on Saturday claimed that "there's no need for further discussion on the issue of the next Goa Chief Minister since Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that Pramod Sawant will continue to lead the government in the state".

Panaji (Goa), March 15 (ANI): Goa acting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state President Sadanand Tanavade on Tuesday left for Delhi for the legislative party's meeting.

Panaji (Goa) [India], March 12 (ANI): Amid uncertainty over the next chief ministerial in Goa where the BJP retained power in the Assembly polls, state Health Minister in the outgoing Pramod Sawant government Vishwajit Rane met Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai on Saturday, however, he denied it being a political visit and called it a mere "personal visit".

Panaji (Goa) [India], March 9 (ANI): After Congress moved its candidates for Goa Assembly elections to a resort to avoid poaching bids by rival parties post exit-poll predictions, state's BJP president Sadanand S Tanavade on Wednesday said that the party does not trust its candidates.

Panaji Dec 21 PTI Carlose Almeida the BJP MLA from Vasco on Tuesday quit the ruling party and resigned as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly ahead of state pollsThe MLA said he was quitting as he had been asked to work in the constituency under the leadership of Daji Salkar against whom he had filed a case of fraudAssembly polls are due in the coastal state early next yearAlmeida became the second BJP MLA to quit the party and seventh legislator to resign from the Assembly in the recent weeksBefore him Luizinho Faleiro Ravi Naik Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco all from Congress Jayesh Salgaonkar Goa Forward Party Rohan Khaunte independent and Alina Saldanha BJP had resigned from the 40-member House PTI RPS KRK KRK

Panaji (Goa) [India], December 17 (ANI): Hours after Alina Saldanha resigned as MLA and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the BJP Goa State President Sadanand Tanavade claimed that she resigned because she was expelled from the party.

Panaji (Goa) [India], December 16 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Alina Saldanha has resigned as an MLA of the Goa Assembly, alleging that the party has forgotten her and there is bedlam in the state.

Panaji Oct 30 PTI Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday recalled how he decided to let go of the opportunity to become a class I officer so that he can join politics and said he had once dreamt of becoming a CM of the state Sawant took charge of the office on March 19 2019 after the demise of BJP stalwart Manohar Parrikar who was heading the government at that time I passed my 12th science from GVM higher secondary I let go class 1 gazetted officers post so that I can enter politics Sawant said while addressing a gathering of youngsters in Ponda taluka Sawant said he didnt let go of that opportunity just because it occurred to him in his dreams that he will become an MLA or a CM one day But I sure had a dream to become an MLA and a chief minister of Goa he said Referring to criticism of the Goa government Sawant said You often criticise the government of Goa Then you give a thumbs up and do a lot of other things online in support of this criticism There is nothing wrong in that I am not worried about that But I am worried that you dont know on which website can you find information about various schemes of the government he said The CM appealed to young people to go through the Know Your Scheme section in the Goa online portal Recently former governor of Goa Satya Pal Malik had alleged corruption under Sawants watch in Goa A remark of an Aam Aadmi Party AAP leader in Delhi that BJP was planning to replace the Goa CM had triggered various speculations The Goa BJP unit had denied any such move PTI RPS NSK NSK