Goa polls: Hit hard by defections, Congress makes its candidates take pledge of party loyalty before GodSince the last election, the Congress has seen most of its legislators quitting the party. The grand old party, which had emerged as the si...
Goa Assembly elections to be held in single phase on February 14These are the parties in the fray: BJP. Congress-GFP alliance, Aam Aadmi Party and the Trinamool Congress- MGP alliances. There are also pa...
Goa Assembly elections: Congress announces pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward PartyAfter the Assembly polls in 2017, the GFP, which had won three seats, had extended support for the formation of the then BJP-led state gove...
Congress, Goa Forward Party clinch pact; going up against BJP in assembly polls"Continuance of Goa under BJP rule is an impossibility!...The curse of the communal and anti-Goan Pramod Sawant govt will be blown away!," ...
Congress discussing tie-up with NCP, MGP and GFP for 2022 Goa pollsThe Congress is holding talks for a prospective alliance with the NCP, Goa Forward Party (GFP) and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)...
Goa Forward Party withdraws from BJP-led National Democratic AllianceHowever, the move of the GFP, which has 3 MLAs in the 40-member Goa House, will not have any impact on the stability of the Pramod Sawant g...
Like-minded parties must join hands to defeat BJP in Goa: GFPThe GFP was a constituent of two BJP governments in the state before it was unceremoniously dropped in 2019.
Goa Cabinet: 3 MLAs who deserted Congress and 1 from BJP likely to be inducted; GFP may be droppedA top BJP source said that three of the 10 MLAs, who left the Congress to join the BJP, and Lobo would be sworn in as ministers.
For Pramod Sawant, today would be his first political test as the BJP takes the trust vote to prove its majority.The negotiations started on Sunday night, minutes after the death of former CM Manohar Parrikar with the action centred at Sardesai’s resid...
Nitin Gadkari holds talks with BJP, MGP leaders to select new Goa CMThe BJP-led coalition in Goa began discussions on Sunday night to find a new leader to replace Parrikar, who had died earlier in the evenin...
Goa mining crisis will be resolved much before LS polls: BJPThe apex court in its order passed in February this year, had quashed the second renewal of 88 mining leases and directed that the operatio...
Won't support BJP in Lok Sabha polls if mining ops don't resume: GFPGFP president Vijai Sardesai, while addressing a press conference here, credited his party for the stability of the Manohar Parrikar-led go...
Won't withdraw support till Manohar Parrikar is CM: MGP & GFP"The Maharashtrawadi Gomatak Party has pledged its support to the BJP-led alliance and we will not withdraw it till Parrikar is the chief m...
GFP tried to lobby with us to topple Manohar Parrikar government: CongressThe allegation comes in the backdrop of Congress leader Atanasio Monserratte switching loyalties to the Sardesai-led political outfit today.
Vijai Sardesai assured GFP support to Rahul Gandhi on Saturday, crossed over later: Digvijaya SinghAICC also agreed on an informal alliance with GFP after Sardesai met AICC leaders in Delhi.
Swift BJP outmanoeuvres Congress in Goa; even pre-poll ally plays gamesAICC functionaries found themselves confronted by a lightning counter operation by the BJP. The Congress had assured GFP that the leadershi...
BJP getting ready to stake claim to form government in GoaThe newly elected BJP MLAs, who met today to explore the possibility of forming government in Goa, earlier passed a resolution urging party...