Notice issued to Goa acting speaker over MGP merger in BJP
5 years, 8 months ago

Notice issued to Goa acting speaker over MGP merger in BJP

The Hindu  

The Bombay High Court at Goa on April 22 issued notices to the office of the Goa Speaker, among others, following a petition seeking quashing of acting Speaker Michael Lobo’s order of March 27, approving a merger of a breakaway group of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party into the BJP. “For a merger of any political party the procedure contemplated under the constitution of their party has to be followed, which has not been done in the present case and therefore the question of valid merger of any political party does not even arise,” the petitioner has pleaded before the high court. “The legislature party of a political party by itself had no authority or power to merge with any other political party, without the merger of its original political party,” the petitioner has argued. The merger, as approved by acting Speaker Michael Lobo, reduced the strength of the MGP in the Goa assembly to one MLA, then Dy.

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Anti-Defection Law : 2/3rds Of Legislature Party Is Sufficient For Valid Merger? Supreme Court To Decide In Goa MLAs Case
2 years, 1 month ago

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Live Law  

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2 years, 5 months ago

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India Today  

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Hindustan Times  

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ABP News  

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2 years, 9 months ago

Goa Congress yet to decide its legislature party leader

Deccan Chronicle  

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2 years, 9 months ago

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Firstpost  

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2 years, 9 months ago

Goa Assembly Elections 2022 Defying anti-incumbency BJP emerges as single-largest party

The Hindu  

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Goa Election 2022: BJP Set To Form Govt For Third Consecutive Time, Claims Support Of MGP
2 years, 9 months ago

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ABP News  

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News 18  

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News 18  

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News 18  

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News 18  

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2 years, 10 months ago

No party wants to go with BJP, claims Goa Congress chief ahead of poll results

Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 10 months ago

Goa elections: BJP to seek support from MGP if numbers fall short

Deccan Chronicle  

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2 years, 10 months ago

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The Hindu  

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The Hindu  

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India Today  

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2 years, 10 months ago

Pleas to disqualify 12 Goa MLAs who joined BJP rejected by Bombay High Court

Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 10 months ago

Goa: Bombay HC to pronounce verdict in Congress-MGP disqualification pleas today

Hindustan Times  

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2 years, 11 months ago

Goa Assembly Polls: MGP's First List of Candidates Includes Dhavalikar Brothers

News 18  

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2 years, 11 months ago

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The Hindu  

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2 years, 11 months ago

Goa polls 2022: MGP to announce first list of candidates today

Hindustan Times  

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Michael Lobo resigns as Goa minister, quits BJP ahead of Assembly polls – Firstpost
2 years, 11 months ago

Michael Lobo resigns as Goa minister, quits BJP ahead of Assembly polls – Firstpost

Firstpost  

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2 years, 11 months ago

Michael Lobo resigns as Goa minister, quits BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

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2 years, 11 months ago

BJP’s ‘acquisition strategy’ in Goa could boomerang: experts

The Hindu  

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Goa Elections on Feb 14: All You Need to Know About Key Battle as TMC, AAP Push to be Surprise Factors
3 years ago

Goa Elections on Feb 14: All You Need to Know About Key Battle as TMC, AAP Push to be Surprise Factors

News 18  

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TMC-MGP alliance to fight Goa polls with CM face: Mahua Moitra
3 years ago

TMC-MGP alliance to fight Goa polls with CM face: Mahua Moitra

India Today  

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TMC, MGP formalise alliance for Goa polls
3 years ago

TMC, MGP formalise alliance for Goa polls

Hindustan Times  

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Goa Assembly elections: Trinamool Congress announces pre-poll alliance with MGP
3 years, 1 month ago

Goa Assembly elections: Trinamool Congress announces pre-poll alliance with MGP

India Today  

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Goa: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Announces Pre-poll Alliance with Mamata's TMC
3 years, 1 month ago

Goa: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Announces Pre-poll Alliance with Mamata's TMC

News 18  

The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party on Monday announced that it would contest the forthcoming Goa Assembly elections in alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. Addressing a press conference, MGP president Deepak Dhavalikar said their party's central committee resolved to have an alliance with the TMC for the state polls due early next year. The MGP, which had won three seats …

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Rules Out Alliance with BJP for 2022 Goa Assembly Polls
4 years ago

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Rules Out Alliance with BJP for 2022 Goa Assembly Polls

News 18  

Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party president Deepak Dhavalikar on Wednesday ruled out a pre-poll alliance with the BJP for the 2022 Goa legislative Assembly elections. Addressing a press conference, Dhavalikar said the party is open to a pre-poll alliance with other like-minded opposition parties in the state. But if time comes, we may have a pre-poll alliance with other like-minded opposition parties, …

SC Issues Notice On Plea By MGP Leader Seeking Directions To Goa Assembly Speaker To Decide On Disqualification Of 2 MLAs
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Issues Notice On Plea By MGP Leader Seeking Directions To Goa Assembly Speaker To Decide On Disqualification Of 2 MLAs

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly on a plea filed by Maharashtrawadi Gowantak Party Leader Sudin Dhavalikar, seeking issuance of directions to the Speaker to decide disqualification petition filed against 2 defected MGP MLA's, pending since May 5, 2019.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramanium. The …

Goa Cabinet Reshuffle: Three Congress rebels, one BJP MLA sworn in as ministers
5 years, 5 months ago

Goa Cabinet Reshuffle: Three Congress rebels, one BJP MLA sworn in as ministers

India TV News  

Congress rebels Chandrakant Kavlekar, Jennifer Monserrate and Filipe Nery Rodrigues were sworn in as Ministers in the Goa Cabinet on Saturday. This would the second cabinet reshuffle by Sawant since he took over as the chief minister three months ago. In his first cabinet reshuffle, Sawant had inducted MGP's breakaway MLA Deepak Pauskar after dropping then deputy chief minister Sudin …

Hours before Goa Cabinet reshuffle, CM Pramod Sawant drops four ministers
5 years, 5 months ago

Hours before Goa Cabinet reshuffle, CM Pramod Sawant drops four ministers

India Today  

Ahead of a reshuffle of the state cabinet, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant dropped four ministers -- three of the Goa Forward Party and one Independent -- from his cabinet on Saturday. According to the notification, the four ministers -- Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai, Water Resources Minister Vinod Palyekar, Rural Development Minister Jayesh Salgaonkar and Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte …

10 Congress MLAs join BJP in Goa
5 years, 5 months ago

10 Congress MLAs join BJP in Goa

The Hindu  

Political instability in Karnataka spilled over into neighbouring Goa on Wednesday, with two-thirds of the Congress MLAs breaking away to merge with the ruling BJP. The MLAs include Atanasio Monserratte, Jeniffer Monserratte, Francis Silveira, Philip Nery Rodrigues, Cleaofacio Dias, Wilfred D’Sa and Nilkant Halarnkar. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who was present when the group arrived at the Assembly, said the …

Congress crisis deepens as 10 out of 15 Goa MLAs switch to BJP, CM Pramod Sawant says move unconditional
5 years, 5 months ago

Congress crisis deepens as 10 out of 15 Goa MLAs switch to BJP, CM Pramod Sawant says move unconditional

India Today  

While Karanataka remains on edge due to the latest political crisis in the JDS-Congress government, Congress sunk deeper on Wednesday with 10 MLAs in Goa approaching the Speaker, wanting to join the BJP. The Goa MLAs, led by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar, met the Seaker Rajesh Patnekar in the evening and gave him a letter informing him about them …

Sudin Dhavalikar seeks disqualification of 2 former MGP MLAs
5 years, 8 months ago

Sudin Dhavalikar seeks disqualification of 2 former MGP MLAs

The Hindu  

Former Goa Deputy Chief Minister and lone MLA of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Sudin Dhavalikar on Friday filed a petition before the acting Speaker seeking disqualification of two former party MLAs, who joined the BJP on March 27. In his petition, Mr. Dhavalikar claimed that the “bedroom merger” of two MGP MLAs — Manohar Ajgaonkar and Dipak Pauskar — in the …

We will withdraw support to Goa's BJP govt, says MGP chief Deepak Dhavalikar; party to back Congress in Lok Sabha polls
5 years, 8 months ago

We will withdraw support to Goa's BJP govt, says MGP chief Deepak Dhavalikar; party to back Congress in Lok Sabha polls

Firstpost  

MGP president Deepak Dhavalikar said his party will support Congress for Lok Sabha election and Mapusa bypoll in Goa on 23 April, while announcing his decision to withdraw support to the Pramod Sawant government Panaji: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Friday said it would soon withdraw support to the BJP government in Goa. The MGP has expressed support to the Congress …

Goa Assembly: The Midnight Merger X-Rayed
5 years, 9 months ago

Goa Assembly: The Midnight Merger X-Rayed

Live Law  

Borrowing words from the historic Freedom at Midnight speech of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to paint the midnight political drama in the Speaker's Chamber at the Goa Assembly Secretariat on March 27, would be parody. Story in brief At the midnight hour of March 27, two out of the three MLAs namely Manohar Ajgaonkar and Deepak Prabhu Pauskar of the Maharashtrawadi …

2 goa mlas split from mgp and join bjp
5 years, 9 months ago

2 goa mlas split from mgp and join bjp

The Hindu  

Deepak Pausakar, one of the two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLAs who joined the BJP in the early hours of Wednesday, was sworn in as a Minister in the BJP-led coalition government by Goa Governor Mridula Sinha at Raj Bhavan late at night. Hours after the two joined the BJP, Mr. Sawant had dropped Deputy Chief Minister and senior MGP leader …

Why BJP carried out a midnight surgical strike on its “ally” in Goa
5 years, 9 months ago

Why BJP carried out a midnight surgical strike on its “ally” in Goa

Op India  

The Goa unit of the BJP pulled off a stunning coup late last night. It weaned away 2 of the 3 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Legislative Party MLAs in Goa and they joined the BJP overnight. Since two thirds of the party had resigned and joined a new party, anti defection laws did not apply to the MLAs and they did not …

Two of three MGP MLAs have split from party, have merged legislature wing with BJP; Oath-taking ceremony to take place today
5 years, 9 months ago

Two of three MGP MLAs have split from party, have merged legislature wing with BJP; Oath-taking ceremony to take place today

India TV News  

In a late but politically significant development, two out of the three Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party legislators early on Wednesday, split from the regional party and merged their two-member legislative unit into the Bharatiya Janata Party, Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo said. The development comes on the heels of a growing discomfort between the BJP and the MGP, which surfaced openly after …

Goa Minister slams coalition ally for taking on BJP
5 years, 9 months ago

Goa Minister slams coalition ally for taking on BJP

The Quint  

Panaji, March 26 Amid brewing discontent in Goa's ruling coalition, Art and Culture Minister Govind Gaude on Tuesday said that leaders of the ruling alliance party, the MGP, play the role of 'jokers' in a pack of cards. Speaking to reporters here, Gaude, an Independent MLA, said it was unfair on the part of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party to be …

BJP saves Goa by appeasing allies, appoints two deputy CMs
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP saves Goa by appeasing allies, appoints two deputy CMs

India TV News  

Bharatiya Janata Party has managed to save Goa in the aftermath of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's demise. Within an hour, papers were presented to Governor Mridula Sinha and by 01:50 am Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the 11th chief minister of Goa, but with two deputy CMs. Image Source : PTI Sawant's newly sworn-in cabinet has two deputy CMs …

Congress MLAs in Goa head to Raj Bhawan to meet governor as party stakes claim to form govt after Manohar Parrikar's death
5 years, 9 months ago

Congress MLAs in Goa head to Raj Bhawan to meet governor as party stakes claim to form govt after Manohar Parrikar's death

Firstpost  

The leader of the Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said the party MLAs decided to walk to the Raj Bhawan uninvited after the governor refused to give them an appointment. Panaji: All 14 Congress MLAs in Goa were on the way to Raj Bhawan on Monday to meet Governor Mridula Sinha to stake claim to form the government in the state following …

Pramod Sawant next Goa CM; Sudin Dhavalikar, Vijai Sardesai his deputies
5 years, 9 months ago

Pramod Sawant next Goa CM; Sudin Dhavalikar, Vijai Sardesai his deputies

ABP News  

New Delhi: BJP leader Pramod Sawant will be the next chief minister of Goa, sources said on Monday. Sudin Dhavalikar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Vijai Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party will be the deputy chief ministers of the coastal state, sources added. This cames after a series of meetings involving the Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak …

With Manohar Parrikar's passing away, search for new Goa CM set to begin
5 years, 9 months ago

With Manohar Parrikar's passing away, search for new Goa CM set to begin

India Today  

With the demise of chief minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday, the BJP-led coalition in Goa has to search for a new leader to replace him. The Congress is currently the single largest party in the state with 14 MLAs while the BJP has 13 in the 40-member Goa assembly. The strength House has been reduced to 36 due to demise …

BJP's ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party to contest for all three seats in Goa Assembly bypolls
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP's ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party to contest for all three seats in Goa Assembly bypolls

Firstpost  

The MGP is a coalition partner in the Manohar Parrikar-led government along with the Goa Forward Party and Independents. Panaji: The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, an ally of the ruling BJP in Goa, on Monday said it will contest bypolls to all the three Assembly seats, scheduled next month. The move is likely to pit the regional party against the BJP …

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