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Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Hours after Alina Saldanha resigned as MLA and member of the BJP, the BJP State President Sadanand Tanavade has expelled her from the primary membership of the party. Alina Saldanha has joined the AAP in New Delhi in presence of National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal. “You have been a Member of Goa Legislative Assembly from Cortalim Assembly Constituency for two terms and on both occasions, you have contested on Bharatiya Janata Party candidature However your constant acts of making comments against party policies of BJP on public fora and participating in agitations against the ruling Government,” the official…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: The Congress today has announced its first list candidates for the 2022 assembly elections in Goa. Congress becomes the first party to declare its candidates list. As per the official list from AICC, Sudhir Kanolkar will be contesting from Mapusa, Rajesh Varenkar from Ponda and Tony Rodrigues for Taleigao. Further, Digambar Kamat will be contesting from Margao, Alex Reginaldo Lourenco from Curtorim and Yuri Alemao from Cuncolim. Meanwhile, Altone D’Costa will be contesting from Quepem and Sankalp Amonkar from Mormugao. AICC election observer for Goa P Chidambaram and Goa in-charge Dinesh Rao are holding pre-alliance talks with…

Goemkarponn: Welcome, Mr Tanavade; BJP has been ruling for two terms; how do you see the chances of BJP coming back to power in 2022? Sadanand Shet Tanavade: BJP has been in power for almost 10 years. When you are in power, an anti-incumbency factor is likely to exist. But it is equally true that if one has worked for the larger good of the people, then this factor tends to surpass the anti-incumbency factor. Several political parties from outside are coming to Goa and think it will be easier for them to do politics in Goa. Some even tend…

Goemkarponn desk Vasco: The surge in Dengue cases in the Gandhinagar area of Mormugao municipal jurisdiction concerns the residents. An officer from the Health services observes multiple vulnerable spots breeding grounds for dengue mosquitoes. Health services to disconnect the power and water connections if residents do not take preventive measures and safe water storage practices. Former MMC councillor Dhanpal Swami said that yesterday he was called by an officer from the Health services informing him that there have been multiple Dengue cases detected from the area near Jatashankar temple in Gandhinagar. He also pointed out that the officer has also…

Within a matter of hours after the expose, the CMO sent a Whatsapp message saying the Minister had tendered his resignation for a free and fair probe. Of Course, there would be nothing free and fair, and there would be every attempt to tamper with the evidence. The probe, in no way, would be impartial till the BJP is in power. It was clear from the fact that soon after the resignation, the Chief Minister, Dr Pramod Sawant and the BJP State Unit President Sadanand Shet Tanavade tried to score brownie points against the Opposition. The CM and Tanavade maintained…

Goemkarponn desk CHICALIM: BJP’s panchayat minister Mauvin Godinho expresses his confidence in BJP winning all four seats in the Mormugao taluka. Godinho claims that the former BJP MLA Alina Saldhana’s exit from the BJP won’t affect the party, and he was instrumental in getting Saldanha elected in the Cortalim constituency last election. When questioned by the reporters about the recent exit of the Cortalim MLA Alina Saldhana from the BJP party, Godinho said that he has nothing much to comment on, but he further said that everyone has got to do individual freedom. So many people have joined BJP as…

Goemkarponn desk CHORAO: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today declared Idea Malabarica as the state butterfly on the occasion of the bird festival. “Today i declare that Idea Malabarica is the state butterfly, i feel proud announcing this,” said CM Sawant. He further said that Goa is now become the seventh Indian state to have a state butterfly. There are five butterfly species that have been shortlisted and were in the race to be declared as the state’s emblem species. Idea Malabrica is a large butterfly found in peninsular India that belongs to the danaid group of the family Nymphalidae. it is found in forest clearings and above…