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Goemkarponn desk NEW DELHI: As eight Congress MLAs on Wednesday crossed over to the BJP, the Congress said it was “operation dirt” of the BJP, which got rattled by the success of the Congress’sCongress’s Bharat Jodo Yatra. Quoting from Nida Fazil’sFazil’s poem, Congress leader Pawan Khera said there will be heat in the journey; those who can should continue. “Those who are unable to join the difficult journey of Bharat Jodo Yatra are taking resort to the dividers, fearing the threats of the BJP. But understand that the nation is watching,” Pawan Khera wrote. The development comes amid the Congress’s…

Goemkarponn desk VASCO: Brushing aside the suggestions that teh Dabolim airport will be shut after Mopa starts operations, the Airport Authority of India has said that Dabolim will continue to boost Goa Tourism. Airport Director SVT Dhanamjaya Rao stated that Dabolim now has requests for charter flight slots from eight destinations. “We have received a request for slots for the arrival of charter flights from eight destinations of Tel Aviv, Kuala Lumpur, Bahrain, Russia, Almati, Gatwick, Manchester and Muscat,” he said. He said the approval for requests is in the pipeline. “Scat Air, Rossiya, Aeroflot, Gulf Air, and Arkia airlines…

Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: Coming hard on Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari, NGO Goenkar (who has taken the government in NGT over the felling of thousands of Trees at Karmalghat) questioned the minister’s logic for Citing the ‘Expensive’ reasoning to deny a tunnel at Karmalghat section of NH-66 road widening. “The costs of Tunnel though time-consuming will be certainly much less than the cost will be paid by causing destruction of Environment and Wildlife. Unfortunately, Union Minister is on record to say that funds for developmental works are never a problem, and it is not understood why…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: At a time when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is on the “Bharat Jodo” Yatra in Goa, his party leaders are on the “Congress Chodo” Mission. Goa CM Pramod Sawant took jib at Gandhi’s yatra as he inducted eight Congress MLAs into the saffron fold. “I welcome the 8 MLAs who have joined BJP today; Congress started the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, but I think ‘Congress Chhodo Yatra’ started in Goa. People from across the country are leaving Congress & joining BJP,” said Sawant. Sawant further said that BJP, with its strength, will now win both the Lok Sabha…

AERIAL VIEW Today’s development of Eight Congress MLAs splitting and joining the BJP came as a surprise to many. The BJP already has 20 seats in the House, plus there is the support of two MGP MLAs, and additional three independent MLAs have extended their support. The total strength in the House is 25. However, with the eight MLAs’ induction, BJP now has a Brute Majority of 33 in the House. Was this needed? Yes, for BJP, it was needed as in 2024, every single Lok Sabha seat is important, and they do not want to take any chances. SURAJ…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: The Congress, which is bidding for the revival of the party after a spate of defeats in the states, has been dealt another blow with 8 MLAs splitting the party and joining the ruling BJP. However, one glaring point is that whoever becomes the leader of the Opposition quits away the party and takes away the chunk of MLAs along with him. This seems to have raised a major question at the State and national levels. While in 2018, it was Chandrakant Kavlekar (Babu) who led the coup with 10 MLAs to join the BJP. Come 2022,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Eight Congress MLAs, including former CM Digambar Kamat and leader of the opposition Michael Lobo, have joined the BJP today in Goa in the presence of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. With the shift of eight MLAs, Congress has reduced to three MLAs in the state. BJP, which has 20 MLAs out of 25 MLAs of NDA, has improved its number. The MLAs who joined the saffron party include Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes. They also met with CM Pramod Sawant before joining the party.…