Panaji (Goa) [India], October 16 (ANI): The sharp contrast in the socio-economics of India is due to anti-people policies of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government during the past eight years and an alarming rise in the unemployment rate is also the cause of starvation, said Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Amit Patkar on Sunday.
Panaji Mar 19 PTI Congress on Saturday issued a show-cause notice to its leader Vijai Bhike after his statement blaming the ally Goa Forward Party GFP for the poor performance in the last months Goa Assembly elections drew a sharp response from the latterBhikes comment was malicious and intended to jeopardize the healthy alliance the notice said seeking explanation from himThe BJP won 20 out of 40 seats in the Goa elections and is set to form government with the support of two MGP MLAs and three Independents Congress was a distant second winning only 11 seats six less than the last time while GFP won only one a loss of two seats compared to 2017Bhike chief of the North Goa district Congress unit said on Friday that joining hands with the GFP was a mistakeI think we made the wrong decision by tying up with the Goa Forward Party as the alliance did not benefit Congress in any way but the other party took advantage of it he told reporters at SaligaoGFP chief Vijai Sardesai failed to win Mayem and Mandrem seats for his candidates Bhike claimed adding that the GFPs vote share fell to 18 per cent from 35 per cent in 2017 On Saturday GFPs Santosh Kumar Sawant candidate from Mayem and Deepak Kalangutkar candidate from Mandrem slammed BhikeOne should recall that GFP president Vijai Sardesai had given a call for forming Team Goa alliance against the BJP in 2020 But Congress leaders didnt act on it until Sardesai met Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi and the alliance was forged for the 2022 polls Kalangutkar saidEven after Sardesai met Rahul Gandhi local Congress leaders kept on saying that the alliance is yet to be announced which created doubts about the tie-up they addedWe condemn Bhikes statement I doubt if Bhike is making such a statement after consulting his senior party leaders or if he is being dictated by someone else Kalangutkar saidSawant said division of votes helped the BJPIf the alliance had been forged one-and-a-half years ago results would have been different he saidLater in the day senior vice president of the Goa Congress M K Sheikh following directions of the partys Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao issued a show-cause notice to Bhike asking him to explain his statement within three days or face disciplinary actionBhike made derogatory remarks against the alliance partner Goa Forward Party and its leader Vijai Sardesai without taking the party into confidence and without authorization of the party and contrary to the stand of the Indian National Congress said the noticeSuch statements not only damage the standing of the Indian National Congress but also raise doubts about the genuineness of the alliance which continues to be in existence even as of date Sheikh said in the noticeSuch reckless statements are not only malicious but they are also intended to jeopardise the healthy alliance the notice further said The BJP though comfortably placed to stake a claim to form government has yet to do so On Friday Congress had said it was ready to consider all possible alternatives to keep the saffron party away from power in Goa PTI RPS NSK KRK KRK
Panaji (Goa) [India], February 20 (ANI): Pointing out that the Goans and Goan economy suffered due to defections during the BJP regime, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar on Saturday stated that people of the state will not tolerate such acts again.
Panaji (Goa) [India], February 13 (ANI): Goa Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday complained to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state against a news channel alleging that it is spreading "fake news" attempting to misguide voters ahead of Assembly elections and demanded an FIR against the channel.
Panaji Jan 28 PTI In a setback to the Congress in Goa party veteran and former state chief minister Pratapsingh Rane whom the grand old party gave ticket from his traditional Poriem seat for the next months Assembly elections has now withdrawn from the poll race Although Rane was not available for comment a Congress leader on Friday confirmed that the former CM has told the party that he will not be contesting the February 14 election Sources close to Rane told PTI that the veteran leader has decided to withdraw from the fray to avoid a clash with his daughter-in-law Deviya Rane who will be contesting the election from Poriem constituency as a candidate of the ruling BJP Rane 87 who has served as the chief minister of the coastal state for six times had won from the Poriem Assembly constituency as many as 11 consecutive times Pratapsingh Rane has confirmed that he wont be contesting the upcoming polls from Poriem after which the party has selected another candidate from the seat a Congress spokesperson said The BJP has nominated his daughter-in-law Deviya Rane wife of state Health Minister Vishwajit Rane from Poriem Reports were rife that Pratapsingh Rane might suggest the name of his wife Vijayadevi to the Congress as its candidate from the seat But the revised list of candidates which the Congress announced on Thursday evening named Ranjit Rane as its nominee from that constituency Reportedly the BJP had earlier tried to convince Pratapsingh Rane to contest on its ticket from Poriem before announcing the name of his daughter-in-law The incumbent Pramod Sawant-led Goa government has bestowed upon Rane the lifetime cabinet status for completing 50 years as a legislator Rane was elected from Poriem constituency for the first time in 1972 on the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP but fought all subsequent elections till 2017 as a Congress candidate In the 2017 polls he had secured 5427 per cent votes in the constituency winning with a major margin Deviya Rane will be contesting her maiden Assembly election while her husband Vishwajit has been winning from Valpoi Assembly segment since 2007 first as an independent then as a Congress candidate before he joined the BJP PTI RPS NP NP
Panaji Dec 20 PTI In yet another jolt the Congress ahead of the Goa Assembly polls the partys state working president Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco resigned as Member of the Legislative Assembly on Monday reducing the partys strength to two in the 40-member House Two other Congress leaders had also recently resigned as MLAs in the state where elections are due early next year The Congress reacted sharply to Lourencos resignation saying people who betray the trust will face consequences and that voters from Lourencos Assembly segment will teach him a befitting lesson Notably the Congress last week declared its first list of eight candidates for the forthcoming state polls and Lourencos name figured in it Lourenco who represented the Curtorim Assembly segment in south Goa district submitted his resignation to the Assembly Speakers office on Monday afternoon He later also resigned from the Congress sources said Lourenco who was the working president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee was not available for comments He may join the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Party TMC soon the sources said Reacting to the political development Congress Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao in a tweet said the party was undeterred and unfazed People who do things selfishly and betray trust will face the consequences After taking whatever he could and misleading us till the last minute if he could lie and cheat us Im sure the voters of Curtorim will teach him a befitting lesson he tweeted Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Digambar Kamat tweeted that the Congress has successfully faced many storms floods tsunamis Our functionaries have strength mettle to defeat opportunists Congress Party is here to form Government in 2022 I am committed to lead the INCGoa to a thumping victory the former Goa CM said Earlier this month former Goa chief minister Ravi Naik resigned as Congress MLA A few months back ex-CM Luizinho Faleiro had also quit the Congress and joined the TMC which has decided to contest the Goa Assembly polls In the 2017 Goa Assembly elections the Congress had won 17 seats in the House and emerged as the single largest party But the BJP which had bagged 13 seats quickly tied-up with some regional parties and independents to form government in the state PTI RPS GK GK
Panaji Dec 20 PTI In yet another jolt the Congress ahead of the Goa Assembly polls the partys state working president Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco resigned as Member of the Legislative Assembly on Monday reducing the partys strength to two in the 40-member House Two other Congress leaders had also recently resigned as MLAs in the state where elections are due early next year Notably the Congress last week declared its first list of eight candidates for the forthcoming state polls and Lourencos name figured in it Lourenco who represented the Curtorim Assembly segment in south Goa district submitted his resignation to the Assembly Speakers office on Monday afternoon He later also resigned from the Congress sources said Lourenco who was the working president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee was not available for comments He may join the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Party TMC soon the sources said Earlier this month former Goa chief minister Ravi Naik resigned as Congress MLA A few months back ex-CM Luizinho Faleiro had also quit the Congress and joined the TMC which has decided to contest the Goa Assembly polls In the 2017 Goa Assembly elections the Congress had won 17 seats in the House and emerged as the single largest party But the BJP which had bagged 13 seats quickly tied-up with some regional parties and independents to form government in the state PTI RPS GK GK
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 9 (ANI): Continuing his tirade against the BJP government, the President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Girish Chodankar on Wednesday said that corrupt and insensitive BJP would compel youth of Goa to hit roads demanding reservation for 'Merit' in government jobs.
Panaji Nov 22 PTI The Goa Congress on Monday questioned the silence of the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC on the BJP in the poll-bound coastal state and alleged that the latters agenda may be to help the ruling party Assembly polls in Goa are likely to be held in February next year and the Trinamool Congress as well as the Aam Aadmi Party are planning to contest which may queer the pitch for the Congress against the BJP All India Congress Committee state desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao also alleged that IPAC a poll consultancy firm mentored by strategist Prashant Kishor may be betraying Banerjee in Goa The agenda of the TMC is to help BJP They want to weaken all other parties and are targeting the Congress Why cant they target the BJP Who is giving them resources where is the money coming from Rao questioned while talking to reporters in Quepem in South Goa The people running the IPAC may have a different agenda They may be even betraying Banerjee I do not know whether Banerjee knows all this or not Rao claimed PTI RPS BNM BNM BNM
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