Goa
Won't poach Goa Congress MLAs, says Fadnavis
"Three independent candidates have extended support to the BJP. We had said yesterday that even if we win 21 seats, we will take some more people along with us. In keeping with the assurance, these three independents and the MGP have given letters of support to the BJP. They are going to be with us. We are thankful to the MGP and the three candidates and we will form a government with a good majority of 25," he said.
'Bhai' Parrikar must be up there smiling at Goa BJP win: CM's wife
Former Goa Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar must be up there smiling at how the BJP workers strived to ensure party majority in Goa, BJP women's wing state president and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant's wife Sulakshana Sawant said here on Thursday.
BJP claims victory in Goa as party leads in 19 seats
The BJP claimed victory in the state Assembly polls, with the party which is contesting the elections on its own, leading trends on 19 seats and the Congress-Goa Forward alliance leading in 11 constituencies, according to the Election Commission of India statistics.
Voters have rejected dynasty politics: BJP
BJP Rajya Sabha member Vinay Sahasrabuddhe tweeted, "While the final tallies are yet to come, voters have hugely responded to PM @narendramodi Ji's appeal and REJECTED most Dynasty Based parties!SP in UP, Cong is Goa, Manipur, UK & Punjab, Akali in Punjab and TMC in Goa, facing huge defeat! Lessons for Shiv Sena and NCP if they learn."
Goa CM Sawant takes lead, 2 DyCMs trailing
After initially trailing his nearest Congress rival Dharmesh Saglani, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant now leads by 605 votes from the Sanquelim Assembly seat after four rounds of counting, even as deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar continues to trail his Congress rival Altone D'Costa by 2,800 votes in the Quepem Assembly seat.
Goa CM, Dy CM trailing Congress rivals
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar are trailing in their respective constituencies. Sawant is trailing his Congress rival Dharmesh Saglani by 436 votes at the end of the first round of counting in the constituency of Sanquelim in South Goa. Kavlekar is trailing his Congress rival Altone D'Costa by 1,422 votes in the Quepem Assembly constituency.
Goa CM Sawant trailing Cong rival Dharmesh Saglani by 436 votes
Former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar, who is contesting as an independent is also trailing to the Bharatiya Janata Party's Atanasio Monserrate for the contest for the Panaji Assembly seat.
'Dark horse' MGP in touch with Congress, BJP over Goa govt formation
With exit polls predicting a tight race between the ruing BJP and the Congress in Goa, the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party may emerge as an integral part of the government formation process, with the regional party expected to expand its footprint from three seats to between six and nine according to the surveys. The MGP and the Trinamool had a pre-poll alliance for the February 14 polls.
Sanjay Raut claims phones of non-BJP leaders in Goa being tapped
Two days after Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar accused the outgoing BJP-led coalition government of using a private agency to tap phones of its leaders, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that phones of other leading politicians in Goa, were also under the scanner.
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