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Ignore your party this time, vote for broom: Arvind Kejriwal request BJP, Congress workers in Goa

Ignore your party this time, vote for broom: Arvind Kejriwal request BJP, Congress workers in Goa

Making an emotional appeal to the workers of rival parties, Kejriwal said that they should not leave their parties but vote for AAP for a better future for their kids and people of Goa.

Feb 03, 2022, 12:40 PM IST
For Congress, it’s 'Gandhi Parivaar ka Goa', they treat the state as ‘vacation spot’: Amit Shah's dig

For Congress, it’s 'Gandhi Parivaar ka Goa', they treat the state as ‘vacation spot’: Amit Shah's dig

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said, “Goans need to choose between BJP's 'Golden Goa' and Congress's 'Gandhi parivar ka Goa'”. 

Jan 30, 2022, 17:48 PM IST
Goa Assembly Elections 2022: Amit Shah to visit poll-bound state today

Goa Assembly Elections 2022: Amit Shah to visit poll-bound state today

"Union Home Minister Amit Shah to visit South Goa today...after a public meeting at Sun Grace Garden, Ponda and Sharda Mandir Multipurpose Hall, Sanvordem, which will be broadcasted digitally, we`ll

Jan 30, 2022, 07:24 AM IST
Goa polls: Utpal Parrikar to file nomination papers from Panaji assembly tomorrow

Goa polls: Utpal Parrikar to file nomination papers from Panaji assembly tomorrow

 Last week, Utpal Parrikar resigned from the primary membership of BJP after the party denied him a ticket and decided to contest the upcoming Goa election as an independent candidate.

Jan 26, 2022, 20:55 PM IST
No alliance in Goa as TMC ‘poached’ Congress leaders: Chidambaram

No alliance in Goa as TMC ‘poached’ Congress leaders: Chidambaram

P Chidambaram said that after "poaching" incidents in Goa he did not get any instructions from the top Congress brass over TMC's alliance proposal.

Jan 23, 2022, 15:51 PM IST
I don't enter in verbal exchanges: Chidambaram on TMC’s claim he refused alliance for Goa polls

I don't enter in verbal exchanges: Chidambaram on TMC’s claim he refused alliance for Goa polls

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee had said that if the Congress fails to wrest power from the BJP in Goa, P Chidambaram should take the onus and resign. 

Jan 22, 2022, 23:40 PM IST
Goa polls: Mamata Banerjee, Leander Paes among TMC star campaigners

Goa polls: Mamata Banerjee, Leander Paes among TMC star campaigners

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee, MP Abhishek Banerjee, Luizinho Faleiro, Nafisa Ali Sodhi, Leander Paes are some of the 30 declared star campaigners for Goa Assembly polls 2022.

Jan 22, 2022, 23:12 PM IST
Goa Assembly polls: Denied ticket by BJP, former CM Laxmikant Parsekar to quit party

Goa Assembly polls: Denied ticket by BJP, former CM Laxmikant Parsekar to quit party

Parsekar currently heads the BJP's manifesto committee for the upcoming Goa elections and is also a member of the party's core committee.

Jan 22, 2022, 13:51 PM IST
Utpal Parrikar to contest Goa Assembly polls as Independent candidate from Panaji

Utpal Parrikar to contest Goa Assembly polls as Independent candidate from Panaji

Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, has quit BJP. 

Jan 21, 2022, 18:44 PM IST
Congress should be blamed if BJP wins in Goa: Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut

Congress should be blamed if BJP wins in Goa: Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut alleged that Congress did not respond to Shiv Sena’s proposal to form a pre-poll alliance along with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Goa Forward Party (GFP). 

Jan 21, 2022, 16:38 PM IST
Goa Assembly polls 2022: BJP announces list of 34 candidates, CM Sawant to contest from Sanquelim

Goa Assembly polls 2022: BJP announces list of 34 candidates, CM Sawant to contest from Sanquelim

Goa will go to the assembly polls on February 14. The counting of votes will take place on March 10. 

Jan 20, 2022, 13:36 PM IST
Goa polls 2022: Shiv Sena, NCP announce alliance

Goa polls 2022: Shiv Sena, NCP announce alliance

Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut and NCP`s senior leader Praful Patel said that the two parties had approached the Congress to extend Maharashtra`s Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance to Goa, but added

Jan 19, 2022, 16:52 PM IST
Rona band kijiye, Goans will vote where they see hope: Arvind Kejriwal retorts to P Chidambaram

Rona band kijiye, Goans will vote where they see hope: Arvind Kejriwal retorts to P Chidambaram

Chidambaram had said his assessment that the AAP and the TMC will only "fracture" the non-BJP vote has been "confirmed" by the Delhi CM.

Jan 17, 2022, 14:22 PM IST
Every family will directly save Rs 10 lakh if AAP comes to power, says Arvind Kejriwal in Goa

Every family will directly save Rs 10 lakh if AAP comes to power, says Arvind Kejriwal in Goa

The Delhi CM also took a jibe at PM Modi and said that he has given AAP the Certificate of 'India's most honest party'.

Jan 16, 2022, 13:43 PM IST
Goa Assembly polls 2022: BJP to fight 38 out of 40 seats, may name candidates after Jan 16

Goa Assembly polls 2022: BJP to fight 38 out of 40 seats, may name candidates after Jan 16

"A formal announcement about the candidates would be made after January 16 when the party's parliamentary board approves the list," a senior party functionary said. 

Jan 14, 2022, 11:39 AM IST
Goa Assembly polls 2022: BJP to contest all 40 seats, candidates shortlisted, says CT Ravi

Goa Assembly polls 2022: BJP to contest all 40 seats, candidates shortlisted, says CT Ravi

"We have shortlisted names for recommendation to the party`s parliamentary board for 40 seats. Some seats will be finalised soon after more decision," said BJP leader CT Ravi.

Jan 14, 2022, 07:40 AM IST
Congress leaders are not emperors of India: TMC sharpens attack amid alliance rumours in Goa

Congress leaders are not emperors of India: TMC sharpens attack amid alliance rumours in Goa

Mahua Moitra said the TMC is ready for an alliance in Goa as defeating the BJP is the "need of the hour", but added that the Congress should get off its "high horse" and wake up to its depleted

Jan 13, 2022, 19:32 PM IST
NCP will contest UP assembly polls in alliance with SP; talks on with Congress, Trinamool for Goa, says Sharad Pawar

NCP will contest UP assembly polls in alliance with SP; talks on with Congress, Trinamool for Goa, says Sharad Pawar

Addressing a press conference in Mumbai, Pawar accused the ruling BJP of polarizing the electorate in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the crucial assembly elections. The NCP veteran went on to claim that 13

Jan 11, 2022, 17:21 PM IST
Goa Assembly polls: Congress declares second list of candidates, inducts Independent MLA Prasad Gaonkar

Goa Assembly polls: Congress declares second list of candidates, inducts Independent MLA Prasad Gaonkar

Congress has exuded confidence in forming government in Punjab, Uttrakhand, Goa and Manipur while adding that no government will be formed in Uttar Pradesh without the century-old party.

Jan 10, 2022, 08:23 AM IST
TMC's presence in Goa will benefit BJP in polls, says Sanjay Raut

TMC's presence in Goa will benefit BJP in polls, says Sanjay Raut

Attacking TMC in his weekly column 'Rokhtok' in the Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana', Sanjay Raut said the TMC has roped in "unreliable leaders" from other parties in Goa and this attitude does not

Jan 09, 2022, 16:35 PM IST