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DHIRAJ HARMALKAR/ Goemkarponn desk MORMUGAO: The omnipresent and omnipotent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which once claimed to be in the four constituencies of Mormugao taluka, seems to have received a sucker punch from its own people recently. This time it is undeniable that BJP will have a tough time to emerge victorious as the people’s sentiments are against the BJP, and they are eyeing for an able option to bring Acche Din. Assembly elections are slated for February 14, and the political parties are busy in their door to door campaigning and running around in each constituency meeting people and…

AERIAL VIEW Be it Rohan Khuante, Jayesh Salgaocar, Ravi Naik, Pravin Zantye, they all resigned as they wanted to contest on some other party ticket and to a certain extent is justifiable as they would go to the electorate again and seek their mandate. If they feel the leader is right, they would re-elect him or dump him if they feel he was wrong. In short, they did not enjoy any office of profit after switch-over. However, the case of Michael Lobo and Luizinho Faleiro is different. Luizinho Faleiro resigned from the Congress and joined the Trinamool Congress only for…

Pratibha Borkar The BJP government has decided to give the status of a cabinet minister to senior Congress leader and former Goa chief minister Pratap Singh Rane, who will be given lifelong privileges after his political retirement. Pratap Singh Rane, 82, has completed fifty years as the MLA of Goa Legislative Assembly. On that occasion, the BJP government is honouring this senior Congress leader. Though the Goa government’s decision is a matter of constitutional controversy, the BJP government’s shrewd Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has played the trick of killing several birds with one stone. Pratapsingh Rane has been in Goa…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Panaji MLA Babush Monserrate today said that he will be waiting for the official party announcement of candidature before going ahead with the campaigning. Babush was supposed to begin his door to door campaigning from today but cancelled it at the last moment. “I am told by the party that I can go ahead, but I will wait for official confirmation of the BJP about the candidature. If I go to someone’s house and ask me about other candidates in the race, what will I tell them? It will be embarrassing for me,” said Monserrate. Reacting to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Pravin Zantye today has resigned as the Member of the Legislature Assembly (MLA). Zantye is the fourth BJP MLA to resign. Zantye will be joining the MGP. Zantye submitted his resignation to Goa Assembly Legislative Secretary Namrata Ulman and BJP State President Sadanand Tanavade. “I have resigned as MLA; I have decided that I have to be a part of the party which feels and does development in the state. I will be joining the MGP,” said Zantye He further said that he does not want to join the Congress as it is not the same party…

Goemkarponn desk PONDA: Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh Goa demanded immediate implementation of Supreme Court order and asked for 27 per cent OBC reservation for NEET PG and UG at GMC and political reservation. Rashtriya OBC Mahasangh Goa State President Madu Naik addressing to media and OBC members welcomed the verdict of the Supreme Court of India on 7 January, which upheld the constitutional validity of OBC reservation in NEET PG and UG. SC Judge stated in the verdict that it had upheld Constitutional Validity of 27 per cent reservation in Postgraduation and UG in all States. Madu Naik demanded immediate implementation…

Goemkarponn desk CALANGUTE: Hours after Michael Lobo’s resignation as Minister and MLA and reports of him joining Congress, the Calangute block congress committee said that and its workers and supporters, including its President Benedict D’Souza, have not been taken into confidence over BJP leader Michael Lobo’s or his wife’s induction into the Congress party. In a press note issued here, the committee said that Senior Congress leader and Goa election observer P.Chidambaram had categorically stated in a meeting at Candolim that tickets would be allotted with the active consultation of the block members. “Chidambaram had also mentioned that Integrity, Loyalty…