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“If the Congress party has to grow, we should go alone and refrain from forging any alliance with other parties,” Fernandes said. According to Fernandes, alliance may give some short term gains but in the long run the party will suffer and may even lose relevance. “Congress should fight the 2017 election alone even at the cost of sacrificing government formation,” the former MLA said without mincing words. He said people who were promoting mahagatbandhan were scared of securing their own seats and were cutting deals with other parties. “What is the stand of those who are endorsing the grand alliance on the crucial MoI issue? One of them is pro-Konkani, another pro-Marathi and the third is pro-English…Can we have an alliance with people who have such diverse view on a crucial issue,” he questioned further.
We were weak in Bardez. But this time we are going to do very well in Bardez.” ”Yatish Naik
