Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Sanguem Independent MLA Prasad Gaonkar today said that the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) had approached him and that the final decision will be taken only after consulting karyakartas.
Gaonkar also said that the performance of Congress was not up to the mark in the state of Goa.
“All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) had approached me, and my final decision will be taken only after consulting karyakartas. Performance of Congress is not up to the mark in Goa,” said Gaonkar.
Regarding the Reservation matter, Gaonkar said that the High Court has issued notices in the petition seeking 12 % political reservation in the state assembly for the scheduled tribe (ST) community.
He further said that the next hearing in the matter is scheduled for October 27.
“We want that the government to reserve 4 assembly constituencies for scheduled tribes based on their population,” he added.
Gaonkar had written to higher-ups on Non-Implementation of reservation for Schedule Tribe candidates for Goa State Assembly Elections as prescribed under Article 332 of the Constitution of India, Section 9 of the Delimitation Act, 2002, and Section 17 of the Goa, Daman and Diu Reorganisation Act, 1987.
