Goa: 8 of 11 Congress MLAs join BJP, say party is doing nothing in state

Former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo are among the legislators who switched sides.

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· Sep 14, 2022 · 12:34 pm

10 out of 11 MLAs of Goa Congress attend party meet amid concerns of defections

On Sunday, the party had said that five of its MLAs were unreachable.

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· Jul 12, 2022 · 01:43 pm

Goa: Congress leaders Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat refute defection allegations

Both the leaders skipped the party meetings and there is speculation that they have been working in ‘total coordination’ with the BJP.

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· Jul 11, 2022 · 09:20 am

Pramod Sawant to become Goa chief minister for a second term, says BJP

The decision was taken at a Legislature Party meeting of the BJP.

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· Mar 21, 2022 · 07:16 pm

Goa: BJP leader Vishwajit Rane meets governor amid speculations on next chief minister

The BJP has the required numbers to form the government but is yet to stake claim. Neither has the state unit of the BJP elected its legislature party chief.

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· Mar 13, 2022 · 08:36 am

Goa Congress moves SC against High Court order upholding Speaker’s decision to not dismiss 10 MLAs

The MLAs belonging to the Congress and two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party had joined the BJP in 2019.

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· Mar 10, 2022 · 12:25 pm

Bombay HC upholds Goa speaker’s dismissal of pleas to disqualify 12 MLAs who had defected to BJP

The Congress and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party had filed petitions after the MLAs defected from the two parties in 2019.

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· Feb 24, 2022 · 10:21 pm

Goa: Five leaders quit Trinamool Congress accusing it of trying to divide people on religious lines

The group includes former Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Lavoo Mamledar, who had joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party just three months back.

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· Dec 25, 2021 · 12:20 pm

Goa Congress’ former working president joins TMC

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee described Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco as the Goa Assembly’s ‘best performing MLA’.

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· Dec 21, 2021 · 02:50 pm

Goa Congress working president quits as MLA, party’s strength in Assembly down to two

Last week, the party included his name in the first list of eight candidates for the Assembly elections.

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· Dec 20, 2021 · 05:17 pm

TMC should think about whether it is strengthening BJP in Goa, says Congress

‘Elections are not tourism’ and the Trinamool Congress needs to understand what they were fighting, the party said.

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· Oct 26, 2021 · 07:09 pm

Goa Assembly election: Mamata Banerjee urges Opposition parties to join forces to defeat BJP

The Trinamool Congress chief said that the people of the state have ‘suffered enough over the last 10 years’.

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· Oct 23, 2021 · 01:38 pm