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Goa's Pernem Residents Unhappy With CM Sawant as Job Assurances at Manohar Parrikar Airport Fail to Take Flight
8 months ago

Goa's Pernem Residents Unhappy With CM Sawant as Job Assurances at Manohar Parrikar Airport Fail to Take Flight

News 18  

The excitement around the much-anticipated inauguration of the Manohar Parrikar Airport in Goa’s Pernem has died down, with a wave of disillusionment sweeping over the Pednekar community as promises of employment opportunities remain unfulfilled. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s commitment to provide jobs to locals during the airport’s unveiling over a year ago is yet to materialise, leaving many feeling …

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Goa BJP, Congress Vie for Regional Parties’ Support as Spectre of Hung Assembly Looms
2 years, 9 months ago

Goa BJP, Congress Vie for Regional Parties’ Support as Spectre of Hung Assembly Looms

News 18  

Goa, with an assembly strength of 40 seats, has been politically turbulent and unstable over the years. In the last few decades, despite big guns such as the BJP and Congress fighting tooth and nail to rule over the coastal state, it is the smaller parties such as the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Goa Forward Party, which have played a key …

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Goa Assembly election: A vote for change?
2 years, 10 months ago

Goa Assembly election: A vote for change?

The Hindu  

Goa went to the polls on February 14, and people seemed relaxed even though the lines were long at several voting booths in this tiny coastal State. We will achieve 22 in 2022, a slogan that I have been using for this election.” Asked whether he was nervous about the party’s prospects in constituencies in Salcete or South Goa, which …

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Goa Assembly election: In Panaji, it is Utpal’s ‘pride’ vs BJP’s ‘prejudice’
2 years, 10 months ago

Goa Assembly election: In Panaji, it is Utpal’s ‘pride’ vs BJP’s ‘prejudice’

The Hindu  

As the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party goes to the Goa Assembly polls on February 14 for the first time bereft of the late Manohar Parrikar’s skillful leadership, the stakes for the Panaji constituency, which was held by him for nearly 25 years, have never been higher for the saffron party. The BJP, which claims to be carrying forward Manohar Parrikar’s …

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News Analysis | Goa Assembly election: Will Catholic-dominated Salcete prove the BJP’s ‘Achilles Heel’?
2 years, 10 months ago

News Analysis | Goa Assembly election: Will Catholic-dominated Salcete prove the BJP’s ‘Achilles Heel’?

The Hindu  

It is known as Goa’s ‘belt of kingmakers and party-hoppers’ and has thrown up no less than four Chief Ministers. Manohar Parrikar’s gambit It took all of late BJP Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s guile to launch the so-called ‘Mission Salcete’ gambit in 2012 — a stratagem whereby the BJP, whilst not contesting on all eight seats, would support non-Congress and …

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India TV Opinion Poll: Congress likely to upset BJP's plans for retaining power in Goa
2 years, 10 months ago

India TV Opinion Poll: Congress likely to upset BJP's plans for retaining power in Goa

India TV News  

With just two weeks left to go for Assembly elections in Goa, the Congress may upset BJP's plans for retaining power in the coastal state, according to the India TV-Ground Zero opinion poll for Goa. The opinion poll on Sunday predicted 17-21 seats for the grand old party, Bharatiya Janata Party may bag 14-18 seats, TMC-MGP likely to win 2-4 …

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Manohar Parrikar's Son Utpal Quits BJP, to Contest Election from Panaji as Independent
2 years, 11 months ago

Manohar Parrikar's Son Utpal Quits BJP, to Contest Election from Panaji as Independent

News 18  

Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Goa chief minister late Manohar Parrikar, on Friday quit the BJP. The ruling party has fielded incumbent MLA Atanasio Monserrate from the Panaji seat which Manohar Parrikar had represented for a long time. I have resigned from the party and I would be contesting as an independent from Panaji," Utpal Parrikar told reporters. I …

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Denied Ticket From Father's Goa Seat, Manohar Parrikar's Son Utpal Quits BJP
2 years, 11 months ago

Denied Ticket From Father's Goa Seat, Manohar Parrikar's Son Utpal Quits BJP

The Quint  

Reacting to the exclusion of Utpal Parrikar, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal had tweeted on Thursday, "Goans feel v sad that BJP has adopted use and throw policy even with Parrikar family. BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said at a press conference on Thursday that Utpal and his family were BJP's family. Later on Thursday, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant …

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Goa polls: Utpal Parrikar quits BJP, to contest election from Panaji as Independent
2 years, 11 months ago

Goa polls: Utpal Parrikar quits BJP, to contest election from Panaji as Independent

Firstpost  

The son of former Goa chief minister late Manohar Parrikar wanted to contest the Assembly elections for BJP from Panaji, where the ruling party has fielded incumbent MLA Atanasio Monserrate Panaji: Utpal Parrikar, the son of former Goa chief minister late Manohar Parrikar, on Friday quit the BJP. He would contest the coming Assembly elections in the state from Panaji …

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BJP's Candidate List for Goa Omits Ex-CM Parrikar's Son, AAP Offers Him a Ticket
2 years, 11 months ago

BJP's Candidate List for Goa Omits Ex-CM Parrikar's Son, AAP Offers Him a Ticket

The Quint  

"Sitting MLA has been given ticket from Panjim. We feel that he should agree," BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis said at a press conference on Thursday, reported news agency ANI. Later in the day, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that BJP central leaders were in touch with Parrikar. Delhi CM Kejriwal had said different things when Manohar Parrikar was CM …

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Why BJP may be missing Manohar Parrikar in Goa this election
2 years, 11 months ago

Why BJP may be missing Manohar Parrikar in Goa this election

India Today  

Politically, Goa has often proved to be a turning point for the BJP's political life, especially Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political life. The second turning point was in June 2013 when then Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar made an open demand to make Narendra Modi the face of BJP's Lok Sabha campaign for 2014, which ultimately paved the way for …

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Goa Election 2022: Will BJP Emerge As The Big Fish Amid Challenges From TMC, AAP & Congress
3 years ago

Goa Election 2022: Will BJP Emerge As The Big Fish Amid Challenges From TMC, AAP & Congress

ABP News  

New Delhi: The smallest Indian state, Goa, will witness one of the biggest electoral battles in recent history, with at least eight national and regional parties in fray for the upcoming election. The ruling BJP, contesting the first election in Goa following the death of four-time chief minister Manohar Parrikar, has its task cut out in the face of an …

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Manohar Parrikar 66th birth anniversary: Leaders from across political spectrum pay tribute to former defence minister
3 years ago

Manohar Parrikar 66th birth anniversary: Leaders from across political spectrum pay tribute to former defence minister

Firstpost  

During his tenure as the defence minister, he oversaw several crucial measures including the implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme and the surgical strikes in Pakistan Leaders from across the political spectrum paid tribute to former defence minister Manohar Parrikar today, 13 December, on his 66th birth anniversary. pic.twitter.com/1ycEI1Hm4I — Dr. Pramod Sawant December 13, 2021 Union Petroleum …

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Political incentives for populism could let India’s democracy down
3 years, 3 months ago

Political incentives for populism could let India’s democracy down

Live Mint  

In January of 2018, taxi drivers in Goa went on an indefinite strike against the state government’s move to install speed-governors in taxis, which was seen as a precursor to allowing the entry of Ola and Uber into the state. Tired of years of bullying by the tourist state’s taxi drivers, and with neither Ola nor Uber, the public voiced …

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