BJP MLA from Panaji constituency, Siddharth Kuncalienkar, today resigned from his seat, paving the way for CM Manohar Parrikar to contest the by-election and enter the Goa Assembly.
Congress General Secretary Digvijaya Singh was on Saturday removed as the party's general secretary incharge of Karnataka and Goa.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut today said that the BJP-led government in Goa will crumble soon.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) chief Luizinho Faleiro has refuted claims that the party’s state unit leadership failed to form the government in the coastal state.
Former Goa legislator Vishwajit Rane on Friday stepped up his attack on Congress general secretary Digivjaya Singh and said it's time the veteran politician called it quits.
Of 690 MLAs elected in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa, 27.8 per cent (192) have a criminal record, while 20 per cent (140) face serious criminal charges, such as murder, kidnapping and extortion, the data show.
Refuting allegations of his poor handling of Congress’ affairs in Goa, party general secretary Digvijay Singh today said that his own party leaders sabotaged his proposal for a pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward Party.
Manohar Parrikar is likely to contest from Valpoi constituency, vacated after resignation of Congress MLA Vishwajeet Rane.
Manohar Parrikar today won the trust vote on the floor of the House with the support of 22 MLAs to Congress' 16
Goa Congress MLA Vishwajeet Rane on Thursday tendered his resignation from the Goa Assembly as well as from the party.
Ahead of the crucial floor test in Goa Assembly today, the Congress alleged that the way the BJP formed the government in Goa indicated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking India from "democracy to dictatorship."
A section of Congress MLAs in Goa has sought appointment with the party vice-president Rahul Gandhi to apprise him about the "mismanagement" by senior leaders which they blame for the botched bid to capture power.
The floor test of BJP-led Goa government, headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, is expected to be a smooth affair today as the combine is confident of the numbers at its command in the 40-member House.
Shiv Sena has come down heavily on the BJP for going ahead with government formation in Goa in alliance with smaller parties terming it as a murder of democracy.
Mocking Rahul Gandhi over his ‘lack of constitutional knowledge’, senior BJP leader Subramanian Swamy today wondered whether the Congress vice president was consulting the Italian Constitution over the government formation row in Goa.
Unable to digest his humiliating defeat in Punjab and Goa Assembly polls, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today alleged that the EVMs were tampered to favour the Congress and other parties.
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Tuesday claimed that the Congress MLAs in the state, frustrated with their leaders, may cross-over to the BJP soon.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today dismissed Congress' allegation that the BJP was stealing the mandate in Goa.
The lack of proper coordination between the newly elected 17 MLAs and the top party leadership has cost the Congress party dearly in Goa. Despite emerging as the single largest party just short of a majority, the Congress failed to cross the half-way
The newly elected Congress MLAs of Goa will meet Governor Mridula Sinha today at 10am to stake claim to form the next government in the state.
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