Author: Tejesvi MG

High voter participation in South Goa 78.2 percent of voters cast ballots by the close of polling at 6 p.m. has made numerous heavyweight politicians nervous and political experts cautious in their assessments. Except for minor conflicts between supporters of competing candidates, polling was quiet, with no significant poll-related incidences of law and order reported from any portion of South Goa.  Tension was seen at a polling station in Rumdamol housing board, Davorlim, Navelim constituency, on two occasions, prompting police intervention. In the first example, a statement made by a candidate’s brother sparked retaliation from a group of voters, resulting…

Goa elections 2022 are underway, with 301 candidates competing for 40 Assembly seats. Aside from the incumbent BJP and the Congress, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) are also vying for votes to expand their reach beyond their traditional strongholds of Delhi and West Bengal, respectively.  Former chief ministers Churchill Alemao (TMC), Ravi Naik (BJP), and Laxmikant Parsekar (Independent), as well as former deputy chief ministers Churchill Alemao (TMC), Ravi Naik (BJP), and Laxmikant Parsekar (Independent)chief ministers Vijai Sardesai (GFP) and Sudin Dhavalikar (MGP), late CM Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal Parrikar, and AAP’s CM face Amit…

Polling will be conducted in a single phase in Goa, with voting scheduled for February 14, Monday. The campaigning for the Goa election 2022 concluded on February 12, Saturday, with all 40 assemblies. This year, Goa will see a heated contest and serve as a litmus test for Congress and the BJP. With 17 seats, Congress emerged as the single largest party in 2017, while the BJP received 13. In terms of vote share, the BJP defeated Congress, taking 32.48 percent of the total vote share, a 4 percent increase over Congress. Over the last five years, Congress has had…

On Friday, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for diverting Goa’s focus away from pressing issues such as the environment and employment.  Rahul Gandhi slammed Modi to say that if Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had desired, Goa might have been liberated “within hours” of India’s independence in 1947, saying the prime minister did not comprehend the situation the time or what happened after WWII. He also told a press conference in Margao, about 35 kilometers from here, that he believes the Congress will win a majority of seats in the Goa assembly elections on February 14 and…

All Goans would have land rights within six months of the creation of the government,’ says Arvind Kejriwal Debutante Aam Aadmi Party is putting its best foot forward to swing the polls during the assembly elections in Goa. AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal made a host of announcements in the poll-bound state on Thursday, urging Goans to put him into power for the state’s development.  Arvind Kejriwal vowed during his campaign in Poriem, Goa, that if his party is elected, he will grant land rights to all Goan inhabitants within the first six months of taking office. Endorsing his previous…

On Tuesday, the Tamil Nadu Assembly passed a bill opposing the National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) by voice vote claiming that it is against the interests of pupils from low-income families. The Tamil Nadu Assembly is unanimously re-adopting the same draft of a bill without revisions for the first time in its 70-year history.  Now that the Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed the same Bill a second time, the Governor of Tamil Nadu cannot reject it. The Governor must sign and deliver the bill to the President. Before the Bill can become law, the President must sign it.  The DMK…

In his speech to Parliament on the motion of appreciation for President Ram Nath Kovind’s speech at the commencement of the Budget session, Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed Congress.  Some of PM Modi’s remarks were directed at the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which are in a direct election battle with the BJP in one or more of the five states of Uttar Pradesh (UP), Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur, and Goa. PRIME MINISTER ATTACKS THE OPPOSITION PARTY AT RAJYA SABHA  Prime Minister Narendra Modi referenced Jawaharlal Nehru once again in his speech in the Rajya Sabha, this time to…