Panaji: The stakes are high in the electoral fray as all parties are poaching MLAs on a large scale and making promises that may be difficult to fulfill.
Both TMC And AAP sees Goa as a springboard for its pan-India dreams, and is conducting raids Congress And BJP For “Readymade” candidates. Without this Manohar ParrikarBJP is consolidating “saffron” votes to remain in office. And the Congress, which has been out of power in the state since 2012, has inducted the former Union finance minister. P Chidambaram To prepare the state unit for war.
In the 2017 elections, the Congress emerged as the single largest party with 17 seats in the House of 40, but defections reduced its strength to two MLAs – Leader of the Opposition Digambar Kamat and 83-year-old Pratap Singh Rane, who has left all but retiring from politics.
Congress got a big setback three months ago when former CM luizinho falero Ended his 40-year-old allegiance to the Gandhi family and adopted TMC. Another setback came when Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco joined TMC after making it to the first list of Congress candidates. So, for now, Congress’s revival plan is focused on recruiting potential winners.
But in its long sleep, the major opposition party has failed to entrap the government on various public issues and controversies. Even its alliance with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) came after much heist and political observers are skeptical about its benefits.
The BJP, which built its majority on defection, now finds itself in a different bind as some turncoats have refused to contest on their tickets fearing a backlash in Catholic-majority constituencies. In addition to the anti-incumbency wave, the party has been embroiled in controversies, including allegations of a recruitment scam, and a
Both TMC And AAP sees Goa as a springboard for its pan-India dreams, and is conducting raids Congress And BJP For “Readymade” candidates. Without this Manohar ParrikarBJP is consolidating “saffron” votes to remain in office. And the Congress, which has been out of power in the state since 2012, has inducted the former Union finance minister. P Chidambaram To prepare the state unit for war.
In the 2017 elections, the Congress emerged as the single largest party with 17 seats in the House of 40, but defections reduced its strength to two MLAs – Leader of the Opposition Digambar Kamat and 83-year-old Pratap Singh Rane, who has left all but retiring from politics.
Congress got a big setback three months ago when former CM luizinho falero Ended his 40-year-old allegiance to the Gandhi family and adopted TMC. Another setback came when Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco joined TMC after making it to the first list of Congress candidates. So, for now, Congress’s revival plan is focused on recruiting potential winners.
But in its long sleep, the major opposition party has failed to entrap the government on various public issues and controversies. Even its alliance with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) came after much heist and political observers are skeptical about its benefits.
The BJP, which built its majority on defection, now finds itself in a different bind as some turncoats have refused to contest on their tickets fearing a backlash in Catholic-majority constituencies. In addition to the anti-incumbency wave, the party has been embroiled in controversies, including allegations of a recruitment scam, and a
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