When NCP’s all-powerful national General Secretary Praful Patel thundered that the party will not have any truck with the Congress in 2022, political circles were abuzz with questions whether the NCP was eyeing some of the Congress-turned-BJP MLAs as candidates for the 2022 battle. Questions are being raised in political circles whether the NCP would open the doors for a couple of these Congress-turned-BJP MLAs, more so those hailing from the minority community, whose election on the Lotus symbol is in doubt. In such an eventuality, can there ever be a Cong-NCP alliance in Goa? Indeed, a subject matter of debate.
