Panaji (Goa) [India], September (ANI): The Governor of Goa, P. S. Sreedharan Pillai in the presence of Governor of Gujarat Acharya Devrath launched the project of natural farming organized by the Directorate of Agriculture at Raj Bhavan Donapaula today.

Panaji Jan 30 PTI Union Home Minister Amit Shah arrived in poll-bound Goa on Sunday for a one-day visit during which he will address public meetings and also participate in a door-to-door campaign Shah was welcomed at the Dabolim airport by BJPs Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadanavis Union minister Shripad Naik Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant BJP state president Sadanand Shet Tanavade and others He would visit the Sai Baba temple at Borim village in South Goa before addressing a public meeting at Ponda in support of the party candidate A senior BJP functionary said Shah would also participate in a door-to-door campaign in Sanvordem constituency after which he would address a public meeting there Later in the evening Shah will also attend a public meeting in Vasco Tanavade had earlier said all the three public meetings will be held indoors with 50 per cent seating capacity and all the protocols related to COVID-19 will be followed during these events The BJP has nominated Ravi Naik Ganesh Gaonkar and Daji Salkar from Ponda Sanvordem and Vasco Assembly constituencies respectively The party has fielded its candidates in all the 40 Assembly constituencies in Goa The Election Commission of India had last week extended its ban on physical rallies and roadshows till January 31 in five poll-bound states but allowed public meetings with a maximum of 500 people in the constituencies where elections will be held in the first phase It had however granted a relaxation for political parties to hold indoor meetings of maximum 300 people or 50 per cent of the capacity of the hall PTI RPS GK GK

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