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  • BJP is banking on Cong defections for forming subsequent government in Goa, Kejriwal claims

    Through PTI

    PANAJI: The ruling BJP’s “technique” after the Goa Meeting elections can be to woo Congress legislators and shape govt once more, Delhi Leader Minister Arvind Kejriwal claimed on Tuesday.

    The Aam Aadmi Birthday celebration chief arrived within the coastal state for a four-day campaigning excursion forward of February 14 elections.

    Chatting with newshounds on the airport, he mentioned, “This Meeting election is the most important for Goa. Goans should come to a decision what’s highest for them. One possibility is to strengthen the AAP, which has promised a corruption-free govt. Another choice is to strengthen the BJP immediately or not directly. Within the closing election, Goans have been bored stiff with the BJP govt and selected Congress. However Congress MLAs allow them to down,” he mentioned.

    The placement was once the similar this time with communicate of Congress defections in each and every a part of the state, Kejriwal mentioned. “The BJP has deliberate a brand new technique. As soon as Congress applicants win their seats, they’re going to sign up for the BJP,” he claimed.

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    The BJP is aware of that it can’t shape a central authority with out successful around the Salcette bastion of Congress, so it has submit seven applicants within the constituencies within the space on Congress price tag and is financing them, he alleged.

    In 2017, Congress had emerged because the single-largest birthday party, however it would now not shape a central authority. Maximum of its legislators abandoned the birthday party over the following 5 years.

  • Goa polls: Instances compelled me to contest independently, says Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal

    Through ANI

    PANAJI: Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa Leader Minister Overdue Manohar Parrikar on Saturday stated that cases compelled him to take a call of contesting as an impartial candidate from Panaji within the resulting Goa Meeting polls.

    Utpal additionally stated that he’s going to attempt to meet each and every particular person in Panaji and find out about their issues.

    Talking to ANI forward of the Goa Meeting elections, he stated, “I will be able to attempt to meet each and every particular person in Panaji. The cases compelled me to take this choice (of contesting an impartial candidate) from Panaji. I wish to give folks a excellent choice in applicants.”

    Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa leader minister Manohar Parrikar, filed his nomination papers from the Panaji Meeting constituency on Thursday.

    Closing week, he resigned from the main club of BJP after the birthday celebration denied him a price ticket from the Panaji constituency and fielded Congress birthday celebration turncoat Atanasio “Babush” Monserrate.

    After BJP snubbed him, Parrikar made up our minds to contest the approaching Goa election as an impartial candidate.

    In the meantime, Goa Leader Minister Pramod Sawant had stated that the central leaders of BJP have been in dialog with Utpal and had presented him two constituencies to contest the election within the upcoming Goa Meeting polls.

    Goa is scheduled to visit the Meeting polls on February 14. The counting of votes will happen on March 10.

  • It is Utpal Parrikar vs BJP for Panaji seat?

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    BELAGAVI: The continuing makes an attempt through BJP to steer clear of Utpal Parrikar, son of former CM Manohar Parrikar, contest in opposition to BJP in Panaji constituency are not going to repay because the junior Parrikar has been ready to provoke beef up for his marketing campaign from other quarters since he made up our minds to go into the fray as an Impartial from Panaji. The overlook of Parrikar’s circle of relatives is not just anticipated to dent BJP possibilities in Panaji constituency however it is going to jeopardize the celebration’s efficiency in different different constituencies in Goa within the February 14 election.

    To successfully counter AAP, TMC and Congress to win a majority of seats in North Goa, the BJP relies in large part on sitting Panaji MLA Atanasio Monserrate and this is the reason it made up our minds to box  him as a substitute of Utpal from the similar seat, say political pundits. The conflict for Panaji seat will likely be between BJP and Utpal given the rising beef up for Utpal from a big phase of past due Parrikar’s supporters in North Goa and the susceptible candidate Elvis Gomes to be fielded through the Congress.

    In keeping with assets, the BJP presented Utpal two different seats to make a choice from however he’s stated to have declined whilst opposing the celebration’s choice to box a tainted Monserrate from Panaji, a constituency held through his past due father since 1994. “The celebration might benefit simplest in Panaji if it fields Utpal from there however Monserrate is able to serving to the celebration win a number of different seats but even so Panaji. On the similar time, the overlook of Parrikar’s circle of relatives through the BJP will affect the celebration in lots of constituencies together with Panaji. Then again, the BJP rallies in the back of Monserrate with an purpose to win most seats driving on his recognition,” assets added.

    Political analyst Kishore Naik Gaonkar says it’s tough to are expecting who will win if the competition is between Utpal Parrikar and BJP in Panaji because the events like TMC, Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress and AAP are most-likely to rally in the back of him. It is going to be transparent simplest after Utpal information his nomination as to who all will beef up him in an try to defeat the BJP for Panaji seat, he stated, including that not one of the applicants being fielded through events instead of BJP are succesful sufficient to defeat Monserrate. The latter had damaged the profitable spree of BJP in Panaji constituency in 2019 as a Congress candidate and later defected to the BJP together with 9 different Congress MLAs.

    Unfazed through the approaching adversities forward of him, Monserrate says he’s assured of folks’s beef up for him in Panaji constituency. All the way through his marketing campaign at Boca Da Vaca on Wednesday, Monserrate stated he was once now not concerned with his fighters and that it didn’t subject to him as to who contested in opposition to him. He stated he would proceed to serve the folks of Panaji and retain the seat.

    Whilst recalling the works he was once interested by for the previous 20 years for construction of Goa, Monserrate stated he was once dedicated to running for folks’s welfare and was once assured that he would win this time spherical. Then again, now not content material with the placement, a number of BJP leaders are anticipated to proceed their efforts to take Utpal into self assurance till the method of submitting of nomination papers starts on January 28.
     

  • Trinamool Congress chief Yashwant Sinha sniffs ‘dictatorship’ in BJP’s ‘double engine’ talks

    Through PTI

    PANAJI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) vice-president Yashwant Sinha on Monday dubbed the BJP’s oft-repeated word ‘double engine governments’ with the intention to advertise “dictatorship”.

    The previous Union minister confident that pre-poll guarantees made by means of the TMC in Goa can be carried out if the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday celebration involves energy within the coastal state after the February 14 meeting polls.

    Chatting with newshounds right here, the bureaucrat-turned-politician stated, “Every so often in ‘double engine governments’, it’s conceivable that one engine is going in a single path, and the opposite in every other path. On a significant observe, I need to point out that if the central executive of the BJP is attempting to emphasise on short of to run double engine governments then all they would like is to run a dictatorship.”

    He stated insisting on ‘double engine’ method the BJP does no longer need another birthday celebration to come back to energy in states and shape executive. “These days, they’re speaking about double engines with admire to state governments, day after today they are going to speak about triple engine with admire to panchayats. How will this paintings?” he puzzled.

    As phase its ‘double engine’ marketing campaign narrative, BJP leaders enchantment to citizens to make a choice the similar birthday celebration (BJP or the alliance led by means of it, NDA) in poll-bound states as the only ruling on the Centre to verify higher construction in their states.

    Sinha stated the TMC’s pre-poll assurances in Goa are potential and the birthday celebration will enforce them when voted to energy. The TMC has cast an alliance with Goa’s oldest regional birthday celebration MGP for the meeting polls. “It’s my non-public assurance that the pre-poll guarantees made by means of the TMC in Goa can be carried out,” he stated.

    3 welfare schemes introduced by means of the TMC – focused at other sections of the society, together with ladies and early life – will probably be carried out as quickly because the birthday celebration paperwork a central authority in Goa, Sinha stated.

    The previous Union finance minister stated those schemes – Griha Laxmi, Yuva Shakti and Mhaje Ghar, Maalki Hakk (My House, My proper) – can also be funded with executive cash and carried out with correct fiscal control.

    Sinha stated those welfare schemes in combination will price the federal government round Rs 3,300 crore yearly and they may be able to be carried out with out enforcing any further tax on folks or borrowing budget from the marketplace.

    “On the subject of the norms that have been fastened by means of the Finance Fee and the Reserve Financial institution of India, Goa already has an extra fiscal house of Rs 2,100 crore. So, that leaves us with Rs 1,200 crore (extra), and in a (state) price range of Rs 25,000 crore, this quantity can simply be allocated and spent on those welfare schemes,” he added.

  • Preventing Goa polls was once by no means cakewalk for Shiv Sena, NCP, displays information

    Via PTI

    PANAJI: The Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Birthday party (NCP), the ruling allies in Maharashtra, have solid an alliance for the primary time in Goa for the February 14 Meeting elections, however information displays that successful seats on this coastal state hasn’t ever been a very simple job for the 2 events in my view, and their applicants had misplaced deposits on a number of events prior to now polls.

    Information of to the former elections confirmed that the Sharad Pawar-led NCP has fared higher than the Shiv Sena when it comes to the collection of votes polled.

    The Shiv Sena has been combating elections in Goa since 1989, whilst the NCP has been at the state’s electoral scene since 2002.

    After the 2019 Meeting elections in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena, which until then allied with the BJP, joined fingers with the NCP and the Congress, to shape a central authority, which was once christened because the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA).

    The Shiv Sena and the NCP had final week introduced that they’d contest the Goa elections in combination.

    Each events will jointly combat 20 seats for the 40-member Space.

    Shiv Sena chief Sanjay Raut, who introduced the primary listing of 9 applicants for the Goa Meeting polls on Friday, mentioned he sought after the MVA fashion in Maharashtra to be replicated in Goa this time, which is why he had approached the Congress with that proposal.

    However the Congress didn’t display any willingness to forge a pre-poll alliance with Sena-NCP, he mentioned.

    He additionally mentioned that if the BJP keeps energy in Goa, it’s the Congress that are meant to be blamed because it refused to tie up with the 2 events.

    In 2007, the NCP had contested the Goa Meeting polls in alliance with the Congress, whilst Shiv Sena has at all times fought the elections within the state by myself and not using a tie-up with the BJP.

    In 2017, the NCP had contested 17 seats, however may win just one seat, whilst its deposit on 16 seats was once forfeited.

    The birthday party polled 20,916 votes and registered 2.28 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    The Shiv Sena, however, had contested 3 seats at the moment, however may no longer open its account.

    It had polled 792 votes and recorded 0.09 in step with cent vote percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    The Aadm Aadmi Birthday party (AAP), which entered Goa’s ballot fray for the primary time in 2017, had contested 39 seats and its applicants misplaced deposit on 38 seats.

    The birthday party polled 57,420 votes and were given 6.27 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    In 2012, the NCP had contested seven seats and had misplaced deposit in 3 puts.

    The birthday party had polled 34,627 votes and were given 4.08 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled at the moment.

    The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena had contested 3 seats, however misplaced deposit on all 3 of them.

    It had polled best 210 votes.

    The birthday party were given 0.02 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    That yr, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) had contested 20 seats and misplaced deposit on 19 seats.

    The birthday party had polled 15,323 votes with 1.81 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    In 2007, the NCP had contested six seats and received 3 of them.

    The birthday party misplaced its deposit in a single seat.

    It polled 35,731 votes, getting 5.02 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    The Shiv Sena had fielded seven applicants, however they all misplaced their deposits.

    The birthday party had bagged 1,049 votes with 0.15 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes.

    The NCP had contested 20 seats in 2002 and received considered one of them whilst shedding deposits in 12 seats.

    The birthday party had secured 37,093 votes with 5.83 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    The Shiv Sena had fielded 15 applicants and they all misplaced their deposits.

    The birthday party were given 4,946 votes with 0.78 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes.

    In 1999, the Sena had contested 14 seats and misplaced deposit in they all.

    It had secured 5,987 votes with 1.04 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

    In 1994, the birthday party had contested two seats, when it bagged 8,347 votes and were given 1.45 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled, whilst in 1989, of the six seats it had contested, it had misplaced deposit on 5 of them.

    It had bagged 4,960 votes and zero.98 in step with cent percentage within the general legitimate votes polled.

  • 60 consistent with cent Goa MLAs switched events in ultimate 5 years, ‘document’ in India: ADR file

    By means of PTI

    PANAJI: As many as 24 legislators in Goa, which is 60 consistent with cent of the overall energy of the 40-member state Meeting, have switched events within the ultimate 5 years, a file through an organisation has stated.

    The Affiliation of Democratic Reforms (ADR) stated in its file that with this, Goa has set a novel document, which is “extraordinary” within the historical past of Indian democracy.

    Meeting polls in Goa might be hung on February 14.

    “Within the 5 12 months tenure of the present Meeting (2017-2022), as many as 24 MLAs have modified their events, which is 60 consistent with cent of the overall energy of the Area. It hasn’t ever came about anyplace else in India. A transparent mirrored image of utter disrespect to the mandate of electorate. A callous technique to ethics and self-discipline overborne through out of control greed at its worst,” the file mentioned.

    It stated the checklist of 24 MLAs does no longer come with the names of Vishwajit Rane, Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte, who had resigned as Congress MLAs in 2017, and joined the ruling Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), ahead of contesting elections on its tickets.

    Ten Congress legislators had crossed over to the BJP in 2019.

    They incorporated the then chief of opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar (Quepem constituency).

    Different Congress MLAs who had converted to the BJP are – Jennifer Monserrate (Taleigao), Francisco Silveria (St Andre), Filipe Nery Rodrigues (Velim), Wilfred Nazareth Menino D’sa (Nuvem), Clafasio Dias (Cuncolim), Antonio Carano Fernandes (St Cruz), Neelkanth Halarnkar (Tivim), Isidore Fernandes (Cancona), Atanasio Monserrate (who gained the Panaji through election in 2019 after dying of Manohar Parrikar).

    Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Celebration (MGP) MLAs Deepak Pauskar (Sanvordem) and Manohar Ajgaonkar (Pernem) had additionally converted to BJP all the way through the similar duration.

    Jayesh Salgoankar of the Goa Ahead Celebration (GFP) from Saligao had additionally joined the BJP.

    Lately, former Goa leader minister Ravi Naik, a Congress MLA from Ponda, joined the ruling saffron celebration.

    Any other former CM and Congress chief Luizinho Faleiro (Navelim) had joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC), which is attempting its electoral success in Goa for the time within the February 14 meeting polls.

    Churchill Alemao, a former CM who had gained at the Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) price tag in 2017 additionally switched to the TMC not too long ago.

    Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, a Congress MLA from Curtorim, additionally joined the Mamata Banerjee-led celebration.

    Alternatively, Lourenco resigned from the TMC as neatly and sought after to go back to the Congress, however wasn’t taken.

    He has now determined to contest the impending polls as an impartial.

    Any other MLA, Wilfred D’sa, who had hand over the Congress and joined the BJP in 2019, has resigned from the ruling celebration and is contesting as an impartial.

    Deepak Pauskar has hand over the BJP as neatly.

    Impartial MLAs Rohan Khaunte (Porvorim) and Govind Gaude (Priol) have joined the BJP, whilst any other impartial legislator, Prasad Gaonkar, has joined the Congress.

    The BJP MLAs, who hand over the celebration are – Pravin Zantye (Maem), who has now joined the MGP, Michael Lobo (Calangute), who has joined the Congress, Jose Luis Carlos Almeida (Vasco Da Gama) has joined the Congress, whilst Alina Saldanha (Cortalim) has joined the Aam Aadmi celebration (AAP).

    After defections and resignation of MLAs, the present energy of the Congress within the Area is 2, whilst that of the BJP is 27.

    The electoral fight for Goa has transform multi-cornered with the access of the TMC and competitive campaigning through the Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP.

    Thus far, ballot tie-ups had been solid between the regional MGP and the TMC, and between the Congress and the GFP.

    Within the 2017 elections, the Congress had emerged because the single-largest celebration in Goa through successful 17 seats within the 40-member Area, however may no longer come to energy because the BJP, which bagged 13, allied with some independents and regional events to shape the federal government.

  • Goa polls: Forward of Trinamool most sensible brass’ consult with to state, celebration candidate arrested in cheque bouncing case

    By means of PTI

    PANAJI: Sandeep Vazarkar, the Trinamool Congress Birthday party’s candidate from Porvorim for the February 14 Meeting elections in Goa, used to be arrested on Saturday in a cheque-bouncing case at the orders of a Dehradun courtroom, police mentioned right here.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police (Porvorim) Vishwesh Karpe mentioned Vazarkar used to be arrested within the night after a courtroom at Dehradun issued bailable warrants towards him in two other instances.

    The instances had been registered beneath phase 138 of the Indian Penal Code which offers with the `bouncing’ of cheques for loss of finances in checking account, the deputy SP mentioned, including that Goa Police didn’t have extra details about the topic.

    Previous, on December 30, Vazarkar have been arrested via Mapusa police in an alleged case of fraud.

    He used to be later launched at the bail.

    West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress Nationwide Normal Secretary Abhishek Banerjee are some of the 30 superstar campaigners of the celebration for the Goa meeting ballot, TMC mentioned on Saturday.

    The record of campaigners for the February ballot used to be launched on Saturday.

    Former union minister Babul Supriyo, who surrender BJP for TMC, state Sports activities Minister Manoj Tiwary, Howrah MP and previous world footballer Prasun Banerjee, its Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev, TMC Rajya Sabha chief Derek O’ Brien, actor-turned Trinamool Yuva Morcha Bengal president Saayani Ghosh are some of the different superstar campaigners, in line with the record.

    Names of Luizinho Faleiro, MP and previous Goa leader minister and Churchill Alemao, any other former leader minister of the state additionally determine within the record.

    Meeting ballot is slated to be hung on February 14 within the coastal state, the place Trinamool Congress is making a powerful bid to extend its base.

  • Goa CM Pramod Sawant to contest from Sanquelim

    By way of PTI

    NEW DELHI: The BJP on Thursday launched the names of 34 applicants for the impending meeting elections in Goa.

    Leader Minister Pramod Sawant will once more be the BJP’s candidate from Sanquelim, in keeping with the record introduced via the birthday celebration common secretary Arun Singh together with the state’s ballot in-charge Devendra Fadnavis.

    Pronouncing the applicants, Fadnavis mentioned, the BJP ushered in a brand new generation of construction Goa within the ultimate 10 years whilst additionally making sure steadiness.

    The elections for the 40-member Goa Meeting might be held in unmarried segment on February 14.

    With the access of the AAP and TMC within the ballot enviornment, the election is anticipated to be a multi-cornered one this time.

  • Congress names 9 extra applicants for Goa polls; ex-BJP minister will get price ticket

    By means of PTI

    PANAJI/NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday launched its 3rd record of 9 extra birthday party applicants for the February 14 Goa meeting elections and fielded leaders who had been previous within the BJP and the Trinamool Congress (TMC).

    Former BJP minister Michael Lobo, who not too long ago hand over the saffron birthday party to sign up for the Congress, figures within the record together with Lavu Mamlekar, who was once previous with the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC.

    Whilst Lobo will contest from Calangute, Mamlekar is the Congress candidate from the Marcaim Meeting constituency.

    The record, signed by means of All India Congress Committee Basic Secretary Mukul Wasnik, additionally contains former Impartial MLA Prasad Gaonkar, who had resigned from the Area not too long ago to sign up for the Congress.

    He can be contesting from his conventional Meeting seat Sanguem.

    Meghashyam Raut is the Congress candidate from Bicholim, whilst Aman Lotlikar has been fielded from Tivim, Vikash Prabhudesai from Porvorim, Anthony Fernandes from St Andre and Janardhan Bhandari from Canacona.

    Senior Congress chief Dharmesh Saglani shall be contesting from the Sankhalim Meeting constituency, recently represented by means of Leader Minister Pramod Sawant.

    The principle opposition birthday party has up to now introduced birthday party tickets for twenty-four applicants for the single-phase polls to the 40-member Goa Meeting.

    The Sonia Gandhi-led birthday party has already introduced a pre-poll alliance with the Goa Ahead Birthday celebration, a regional outfit.

    The Congress had received 17 seats within the 2017 Meeting polls within the tiny coastal state to emerge as the one biggest birthday party.

    Then again, the BJP, which was once then No.2 with regards to seats, temporarily stitched an alliance with smaller events and Impartial MLAs to shape its govt in Goa.

  • BJP to struggle 38 out of 40 seats in Goa Meeting polls, would possibly identify applicants after January 16: Celebration functionary

    By way of PTI

    PANAJI: The Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP), which lately regulations Goa, has made up our minds to contest 38 out of the whole 40 Meeting seats within the state, the place elections can be held subsequent month, a senior birthday party functionary mentioned on Friday.

    Speaking to PTI, the office-bearer mentioned that during two constituencies – Benaulim and Nuvem – the birthday party won’t box any candidate on its image.

    Historically, other folks in Benaulim and Nuvem constituencies vote for non-BJP applicants.

    Those two are Christian-dominated seats.

    Recently, Benaulim is represented by means of Churchill Alemao, who after you have elected at the Nationalist Congress Celebration (NCP) price ticket, shifted to the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) ultimate month, whilst Nuvem constituency is represented by means of Wilfred D’Sa, who had received the ultimate election as a Congress candidate, however later joined the ruling BJP.

    “A proper announcement in regards to the applicants can be made after January 16 when the birthday party’s parliamentary board approves the checklist,” he mentioned.

    The BJP has been protecting conferences of its core committee to finalise the names of the applicants.

    Former Maharashtra leader minister Devendra Fadanavis, who’s the birthday party’s in-charge for Goa elections, has been chairing conferences attended by means of BJP’s state unit president Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Leader Minister Pramod Sawant, amongst others.

    On Thursday, Sawant had advised journalists that BJP functionaries will seek advice from Delhi on January 15 to carry a gathering with the highest brass, whilst the birthday party’s parliamentary board will finalise the names of applicants the next day to come.

    The BJP is lately ruling Goa with 23 MLAs by means of its aspect as 4 legislators – Michael Lobo, Alina Saldanha , Carlose Almeida and Pravin Zantye – resigned from the birthday party and the Space.

    Excluding the BJP and the Congress, a number of different events, together with the TMC and Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Celebration (AAP), can be preventing the Goa Meeting polls to be hung on February 14.