Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai interacting with citizens at his weekly Tuesday public darbar at the Goemkar Ghor.
MARGAO
Goa Forward Party (GFP) chief Vijai Sardesai on Tuesday said the regional party and the Congress are yet to finalise an alliance for the upcoming Assembly elections, as the principal Opposition party has not responded to its questions on the proposed tie-up.
Sardesai said GFP was awaiting clarity on the role Congress expects it to play in the alliance and the number of seats it is willing to concede to the regional party.
Reacting to reports of an imminent alliance, Sardesai said he was unaware of the basis on which Congress leaders had suggested that a tie-up was likely.
“We are still awaiting a reply from the Congress on the role the principal Opposition party wants us to play. Secondly, the Congress should tell us how many seats will be allotted to the regional party as part of the alliance,” he said.
Stressing that an alliance and unity among Opposition parties were essential to dislodge the BJP government, Sardesai said he had already conveyed GFP’s expectations to a senior Congress leader.
Meanwhile, the Fatorda MLA firmly denied allegations that he was behind the removal of a Diwali greeting board put up by former Margao Municipal vice-chairperson Ethel Lobo.
Sardesai said an engineer had informed him that the board was removed because it had been installed near a water valve.
“I have no role to play in overshadowing Lobo’s board. Everyone has the right to contest the upcoming election from Fatorda,” he added.
