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Under latest setup, it's RIP for Congress in Goa

All India Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi has reportedly retained Girish Chodankar and Digambar Kamat as state party president and leader of the opposition respectively despite strong demands from senior leaders/grassroot party workers for their immediate removal for behaving like BJP collaborators.

Today, both these leaders are indeed seen mischievously importing the same old outdated rejected leaders (including some habitual opportunist defectors from other political parties) in the Congress by sidelining their own loyal young  leaders/grassroot party workers and dreaming of forming the next government after the upcoming assembly elections in Goa.

I personally feel that as long as the clueless central leaders keep entrusting the responsibilities of the party into the hands of such leaders by sidelining all minority community leaders, especially from Salcette/South Goa, the Congress will never be able to dislodge the current ruling BJP government. Yes, under the latest set up of the Congress, it is definitely advantage for the BJP and this party will easily form the next government for the third consecutive time in a row. It's therefore RIP for the Congress Party in Goa.




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Election promises and the economics of it

VINAY RODRIGUES, Margao
Published Aug 31, 2021, 12:45 AM IST
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The Aam Aadmi Party has offered free electricity if it is elected to come and the BJP has already offered free water supply. Now, all that remains is for the Congress to offer free food grains, free petrol by MGP and the GFP should offer free insurance. Besides the NOTA (None Of The Above) option, the ECI can also offer AOTA (All Of The Above) option. In effect, by choosing the second option in majority, the voters can get all of the above benefits free of cost. There could…

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