Goa Assembly polls: Trinamool Congress launches housing rights campaign

In run upto to the Goa assembly polls in February, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) on Tuesday launched a proposed Housing Rights scheme, which aims to provide the Housing Rights to the people of Goa.

“Under the scheme, if voted to power, the AITC-MGP alliance plans to ensure that all the Goan families residing in Goa since and before 1976 will be provided with title and ownership rights of land under possession. Around 50,000 subsidised homes will be given to the homeless families and these will be offered within 250 days of forming the government,” party sources told ET.

The AITC also aims to operationalise pro-people legislations like “The Goa Daman and Diu Agricultural Tenancy Act, 1964” and “The Goa Daman & Diu Mundkars (Protection from eviction) Act, 1975”, AITC said.


AITC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy said, “We have launched the innovative housing scheme for the people of Goa. This facility will be availed by the people of Goa, who have been residing in the state before 1976. Based on “Lakshmir Bhandar” and “Student’s Credit Card” scheme in Bengal, we have launched “Griha Laxmi” and youth oriented scheme for the youth of Goa. We hope this will encourage the people of Goa.”

The party’s poll anthem was also launched today in the presence of Goa in-charge Mohua Moitra, AITC Rajya Sabha MP and former CM Luizinho Faleiro and other leaders.