Goa polls: Congress decides to behave swiftly to stake declare for presidency formation

By PTI

PANAJI: Congress veteran P Chidambaram held a gathering with the Goa Assembly ballot candidates of his social gathering and people of ally GFP on Wednesday night time, the place it was determined that the alliance will title its chief instantly after the election outcomes are out and stake declare for presidency formation, sources mentioned.

The resolution is supposed to keep away from a repeat of the 2017 fiasco when the Congress had did not kind a authorities in Goa regardless of scoring the utmost variety of seats.

Polling for the 40-member House was held on February 14 and the counting of votes might be taken up on Thursday.

Most exit polls have predicted a hung House within the tiny coastal state, main the political events to formulate their methods preserving in thoughts totally different post-result situations.

The Congress had contested the election on 37 seats, whereas ally Goa Forward Party (GFP) had fielded three candidates.

The Congress, which had saved its candidates in a luxurious resort at Bambolim close to Panaji in North Goa since Tuesday night, shifted them to a different resort in Margao city on Wednesday night.

This resort is owned by one of many social gathering candidates.

Sources mentioned that Chidambaram, who’s Congress’s Goa election in-charge, held a gathering with the candidates of the Congress and the GFP, which was additionally attended by Karnataka Congress president D Ok Shivkumar, who’s presently tenting in Goa.

During the assembly, it was determined to elect the chief of the group instantly after the outcomes are out and stake declare to kind the federal government with state Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai.

“The appointment with the governor would be sought immediately after the results are declared. We don’t want to commit the mistakes that happened after the 2017 election results,” a senior social gathering office-bearer mentioned.

Talking to reporters, Shivkumar mentioned that each one the candidates are collectively and there’s no fear of any break up.

“BJP is known for its habit of poaching. That is why we have asked all our candidates to stay in a common hotel,” he mentioned.

In 2017, regardless of successful 17 seats, the Congress couldn’t come to energy because the BJP, which had bagged 13 seats, allied with some independents and regional events to kind the federal government below the management of its stalwart Manohar Parrikar.

The BJP eyes a 3rd consecutive time period in workplace.