The Goa Congress confronted a spate of resignations and confusion prevailed over its alliance with like-minded events for the approaching polls withinside the coastal nation because the competition celebration turned into getting equipped for a sequence of conferences with the aid of using general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra today.
A institution of Congress leaders from the Goa’s Porvorim meeting constituency resigned this morning. The institution, supported with the aid of using Independent MLA Rohan Khaunte, claimed the Congress turned into now no longer severe approximately contesting the meeting polls possibly to be held in early 2022.
“The Congress celebration does now no longer appear to be inquisitive about contesting the approaching Goa elections seriously. It is a non-starter because of the mind-set of a number of its leaders,” Gupesh Naik, a former zilla panchayat member, who led the institution from Porvorim, instructed journalists.
In but every other setback for the Congress, its senior chief from South Goa Moreno Rebelo too resigned.
The resignation letter with the aid of using Mr Rebelo claims he turned into dissatisfied after the celebration introduced the “candidature” to sitting MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco from the Curtorim constituency “notwithstanding he operating towards the celebration”. Mr Rebelo is from Curtorim.
“Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, who has by no means participated in any celebration hobby for the closing four-and-a-1/2 of years and at the opposite most effective abused celebration leaders and yourself, labored towards the authentic candidate of Curtorim withinside the lately held Zilla Panchayat election, is promoted as operating president of the celebration and is asserted as a candidate with the aid of using senior leaders all through a lately held convention,” Mr Rebelo stated withinside the letter addressed to Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar.
The spate of resignations got here after variations emerged withinside the Congress over the character of its information with the Goa Forward Party (GFP) for the meeting polls.
Goa Congress election in-fee P Chidambaram on Thursday stated the GFP had most effective prolonged guide to the Congress and refused to time period it as an alliance at this stage.
On the alternative hand, senior Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao has proposed a assembly among GFP leader Vijai Sardesai and Mr Chodankar on Saturday.
Talking to journalists in Panaji, Mr Chidambaram had stated, “So a long way we had one celebration chief Vijai Sardesai who got here to Delhi and stated, ‘to be able to defeat BJP, my celebration gives guide to the Congress celebration’. Rahul Gandhi stated we be given the guide. All different info ought to be mentioned further.”
Within mins of his statement, Mr Rao had tweeted “I actually have invited Sri @VijaiSardesai, President of @Goaforwardparty for a assembly with Sri @girishgoa, President of @INCGoa and others on 11/12/21, 10 am at Congress Election Office, Patto Plaza, Panjim.”
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is scheduled to deal with numerous activities and engage with the children and ladies all through her day-lengthy go to to Goa.
