Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Ponda former MLA and BJP leader Ravi Naik has showb his willingness to contest from Marcaim constituency if Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wants Ravi to contest from Marcaim. During the media interaction, Naik said BJP is sure to form Government with winning 27 seats. Naik added that if BJP wants him to contest from Marcaim then he is ready for it. When asked whether mining belt would vote BJP this time he said last time the mining dependent voted in BJP’s favour and this time too people will vote for BJP. He said even Chief Minister Pramod…
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Goemkarponn Desk PONDA: Rebel Priol BJP block and Booth level Karyakartas have announced to field Sandeep Nigalye senior worker from party cadre as Indpendent Candidate from Priol. During the press briefing all the workers decided to field and rally behind Sandeep Nigalye as Independent candidate from Priol in protest against Party decision to impose Govind Gaude as a candidate against them despite they have opposed it since past many days. The BJP Block President at Priol Mahesh Shilkar said that it was our frequent demand with party leadership to give ticket to Sandeep Nigalye from Party cadre who worked hard…
Goemkarponn Desk CANACONA: Discontent loomed large amongst the BJP Karyakartas in Canacona during the candidate voting exercise undertaken to choose Party’s candidate for the assembly seat for February polls. While the tussle for prized BJP ticket in Canacona heated up, the saffron leadership in their understanding to break the ice have undertaken to conduct a polling exercise to know the Karyakartas mood, and accordingly have invited both ticket claimants (Canacona BJP MLA Isidore Fernandes and BJP State Vice-president Ramesh Tawadkar) along with their supporting karyakartas to participate in the voting process at Margao. The criteria of voting rights amongst…
Goemkarponn desk Impressed by the Aam Aadmi Party’s youth-centric policies many Mapusa youths joined the party in the presence of AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre and AAP Joint Secretary Sunil Signapurkar. Raju Awadkar, Shailendra Mayekar, son of prominent MGP leader from Mapusa and former minister MP of North Goa, Keval Natekar, Abdul Sheikh, Richard Braganza, Paul Noronha, Hasan Sheikh, Sadashiv Goltekar, Sudhir Narvekar, Sheldon Fernandes, Rohan Mane and Mevul Rankale joined the party on Thursday. Mhambre explained to the media that on Wednesday we celebrated National Youth Day and today the youth of Mapusa have taken it one step further…
Goemkarponn desk CANACONA: While the wait has become too long, there is widespread discontent not only with the aspirants but even voters piqued at inordinate delays by the political parties in the allotment of party tickets to contestants. In fact, two of the party’s blocks have already begun to canvas for the candidate of their choices, while the respective parties are dilly-dallying on the allotment process. While Revolutionary Goans and Aam Admi Party have already announced their candidates, the two National Party’s Congress (INC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continue to keep their supporters and ticket aspirants guessing. Incidentally,…
Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Bombay High Court at Goa has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on M/s Shrem Resorts Pvt Ltd for filing a false affidavit before then with regards to a concert, to be held at Vagator. The structures put up by Shrem were in blatant violation of the CRZ notification, as the plot falls within the 200-meter NDZ. The petition has been filed by Roshan Mathias and the Goa Foundation. Mathias and GF were represented by Ms Norma Alvares and Om D’Costa. The court has directed that the amount be deposited within one week. Of…
Goemkarponn Desk BICHOLIM: The senior Congressmen and office bearers from Mayem have vowed to get elected alliance candidate Santosh Kumar Sawant with a good margin. The member of Congress State Committee Sandip Mainkar along with Senior office-bearer Vishwanath Dhavaskar addressed a press conference and extended their support to Santosh Kumar Sawant. “Congress Party has given this seat to Goa Forward as its candidate Sawant has been working past many years in Mayem. He has the capability of winning. Hence, respecting the decision of the party we have decided to work for Sawant in full force.” Mainkar said. Treasurer of Mayem…