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Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant today filed his nomination papers from the Sanquelim Assembly constituency. Sawant expressed confidence in winning from Sanquelim with a “big margin”. Addressing the media, the Chief Minister said, “Once again, I’ve filed nomination from Sanquelim constituency. BJP will win the constituency with a big margin, and I will be elected from here again.” “The workers and I are confident. We are coming back to power in Goa in 2022 with 22 plus seats,” he added. Yesterday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced the remaining six candidates for the upcoming assembly polls in Goa, which…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Today, former BJP MLA and Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues resigned from the BJP and joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Rodrigues will be contesting elections from the Velim constituency. “Today, we declare Filipe Neri Rodrigues as a candidate for Velim constituency; the final list of candidates will be declared tomorrow at 3pm,” said NCP National General Secretary Praful Patel. He further said that NCP is a serious contender for this election. “NCP is a secular party, and people have Goa of always accepted it with open arms. It is very clear that no party will get an…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: On Wednesday, Goa State presented its Tableau at the 73rd Republic Day parade held at Rajpath, New Delhi. The Tableau of Goa is designed on the theme of significant monuments and Cultural treasurers of Goa depicting symbols of Goan Heritage, Aguada fort, Martyrs Memorial at Azad Maidan, Donapaula, IFFI, Shigmo festival and Kunbies folk dance through a live performance of music and dance. The rich musical heritage of Goa reflected the influence of a variety of regimes. Tableau showcased the typical dance performance. The Tableau has been conceptualized by Shri Sushant Khedekar, Ponda, and all 18 artists,…

Goemkapronn desk CORTALIM: On Wednesday, the Aam Aadmi Party’s Cortalim candidate Alina Saldanha said that the Cortalim Kala Bhavan project will be completed soon. While addressing the media, Saldanha said, “Kala Bhavan had been lying there incomplete for several years. We faced many difficulties in starting the construction because there were so many regularities involved. However, we were able to start construction.” She said, “Kala Bhavan didn’t have a parent department. We are nearing completion of Kala Bhavan; once it is complete, it will be handed over to the Art and Culture department”. Besides housing a Dramatics college, Kala Bhavan…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Aam Aadmi Party CM candidate Amit Palekar slammed the Pramod Sawant led government for charging interest on water bill arrears and challenged Sawant for debate on inflated water bills. Palekar asserted that consumers who heeded CM Pramod Sawant’s advice, asking them not to pay their exorbitant water bills issued in December last year as technical errors in the computation, are now paying the price. Palekar said, “Many of the bills received this month carry interest on the arrears of the previous unpaid bills, which should otherwise have been zero bills after the government decided to give 16000…

A few days ago, the BJP announced the tickets, and it sparked a new controversy with the party giving more than one ticket to the Rane and Monseratte families. At the same time, teh BJP denied the ticket to the wife of Dy CM Babu Kavlekar, Savitri, who later decided to contest independent. Goemakrponn Editor SURAJ NANDREKAR travels to Quepem constiteuncy to speak to Dy CM Babu Kavlekar to know mor about the episode. Excerpts: Goemkarponn: You are going to people asking for votes on the Lotus symbol for the first time. What is the people’s response? Babu Kavlekar: Actually,…

Goemkarponn Desk PANAJI: Congress and Goa Forward Party today has written to the Chief Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging that the caretaker government headed by BJP MLA Pramod Sawant has directed the Goa Police not to harass the candidates of the Indian National Congress and Goa Forward as well as candidates of other smaller parties. “It has come to our attention that during the code of conduct of the Goa Assembly 2022 election, the caretaker government headed by BJP MLA Pramod Sawant has directed the Goa Police to harass the candidates of the Indian National Congress and Goa Forward…