PANAJI
The Opposition Congress party has latched on to the issue of OBC reservations for admission to post-graduate medicine and dentistry courses and decided to meet the Governor.A statement issued by Congress senior vice-president MK Shaikh said the decision was taken at a meeting of the newly elected Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Delegates held on Thursday at the Congress House in the capital.
The meeting was presided over by the Congress State President Amit Patkar and attended by Opposition Leader Yuri Alemao, Aldona MLA Carlos Alvares Ferreira, Quepem MLA Altone D'Costa, South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha, Shaikh said.
Patkar and Alemao briefed the delegates about their meeting with party leader Rahul Gandhi during their interaction with him when they participated in the Bharat Jodo Yatra. Both leaders said, Rahul Gandhi had conveyed to them to build the party and give responsibilities to loyal and committed functionaries.
The meeting also took stock of the political happenings in Goa and it was decided to reshuffle all the party's block committees and both the district committees immediately, he added.
It was also agreed to strengthen the Media Department and bring in discipline to avoid duplication of media statements, press conferences etc.
The issue of reservation of seats at Post Graduate level for OBC, ST and SC was discussed threadbare and a decision was taken to support the agitation wholeheartedly. It was also decided to meet the Governor in this regard and demand immediate implementation of reservation for OBCs, Shaikh added.
