Congress On Parrikar

Goa politician Utpal Parrikar on Tuesday slammed Congress's Digivijaya Singh for doubting the authenticity of India's surgical strikes, saying such remarks are not surprising to come from a person who called terrorist Osama bin Laden "Osama ji".

Son of the late Manohar Parrikar, local heavyweight Atanasio Monserrate of BJP, AAP's former chief ministerial candidate for Goa now contesting on a Congress ticket, and an AAP nominee trying his luck for for the third time - all fight for Panaji.

The Congress on Wednesday said it would approach the CBI for a probe into late Manohar Parrikar's alleged role as then chief minister in the "illegal" renewal of iron ore mining leases in 2014, which were later quashed by the supreme court in February 2018.

Outgoing deputy chief minister of Goa Vijai Sardesai on Saturday said the induction of ten lawmakers of the Congress into the Bharatiya Janata Party was the "death of the legacy" of late chief minister Manohar Parrikar - the tallest BJP leader in the coastal state credited for forming the coalition government in 2017 by bringing together regional p...

Reacting to the developments late Wednesday, when the BJP engineered a split in the Congress and inducted breakaway lawmakersinto its fold, Utpal, son of former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar, said the path of trust that the Parrikar-led BJP had walked, ended on March 17, with the former Defence Minister's death.

Goa has offered a consolatory pat to the Congress on a day when the country seemed set to bring the Narendra Modi-led BJP back to power with an overwhelming mandate in the Lok Sabha elections. Party candidate Atanasio Monserratte has won the Panaji assembly seat, held by the BJP for nearly 25 years, in a bypoll necessitated by the death of former C...

The Goa Congress on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was still haunted by the Rafale files allegedly stashed at Late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's residence and it was the reason why the prime minister was repeatedly taking Mr Parrikar's name in his poll speech near Panaji on Wednesday.

The BJP is preparing ground to foist late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's "dynasty" upon Goa, the Congress said on Thursday.

The BJP's Pramod Sawant, 45, was sworn in as Goa Chief Minister at 2 am on Monday night as the nation mourned his predecessor Manohar Parrikar. The swift chain of events that ended with a hasty, post-midnight ceremony, started soon after Manohar Parrikar died on Sunday evening. The tough negotiations with BJP allies, which continued overnight, were...

Goa Congress leader Chandrakant Kavlekar on Monday said since his party has staked claim to form government in the state, the Assembly cannot be kept in suspended animation.

As the nation mourned Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's death, the ruling BJP struggled on Monday to stabilize its coalition government in the seaside state, with a narrow majority along with two allies and independent members. In the race to find Manohar Parrikar's successor, the BJP's Pramod Sawant seemed to have an edge but allies Maharashtr...

The BJP-led alliance in Goa did not reach a consensus over the next chief minister on Monday, a move necessitated by the death of Manohar Parrikar.

The death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar after a year-long battle against pancreatic cancer was widely condoled on social media today. Among the first to pay their respects to Mr Parrikar were BJP chief Amit Shah and Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's death this evening has brought down the BJP numbers in the state assembly from 13 to 12. But along with allies, they still have 20 lawmakers in the assembly, where the majority mark is at 19. Over Mr Parrikar's last days, the Congress made repeated attempts to dislodge the BJP government. On Sunday, the Congres...

Amid reports that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health had worsened, the Congress on Saturday staked claim, asking Governor Mridula Sinha to "dismiss" the BJP-led government which it said was in a minority. The party also said it "anticipates that numbers of the BJP may further dwindle".

Goa politician Utpal Parrikar on Tuesday slammed Congress's Digivijaya Singh for doubting the authenticity of India's surgical strikes, saying such remarks are not surprising to come from a person who called terrorist Osama bin Laden "Osama ji".

Son of the late Manohar Parrikar, local heavyweight Atanasio Monserrate of BJP, AAP's former chief ministerial candidate for Goa now contesting on a Congress ticket, and an AAP nominee trying his luck for for the third time - all fight for Panaji.

The Congress on Wednesday said it would approach the CBI for a probe into late Manohar Parrikar's alleged role as then chief minister in the "illegal" renewal of iron ore mining leases in 2014, which were later quashed by the supreme court in February 2018.

Outgoing deputy chief minister of Goa Vijai Sardesai on Saturday said the induction of ten lawmakers of the Congress into the Bharatiya Janata Party was the "death of the legacy" of late chief minister Manohar Parrikar - the tallest BJP leader in the coastal state credited for forming the coalition government in 2017 by bringing together regional p...

Reacting to the developments late Wednesday, when the BJP engineered a split in the Congress and inducted breakaway lawmakersinto its fold, Utpal, son of former Chief Minister late Manohar Parrikar, said the path of trust that the Parrikar-led BJP had walked, ended on March 17, with the former Defence Minister's death.

Goa has offered a consolatory pat to the Congress on a day when the country seemed set to bring the Narendra Modi-led BJP back to power with an overwhelming mandate in the Lok Sabha elections. Party candidate Atanasio Monserratte has won the Panaji assembly seat, held by the BJP for nearly 25 years, in a bypoll necessitated by the death of former C...

The Goa Congress on Thursday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was still haunted by the Rafale files allegedly stashed at Late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's residence and it was the reason why the prime minister was repeatedly taking Mr Parrikar's name in his poll speech near Panaji on Wednesday.

The BJP is preparing ground to foist late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's "dynasty" upon Goa, the Congress said on Thursday.

The BJP's Pramod Sawant, 45, was sworn in as Goa Chief Minister at 2 am on Monday night as the nation mourned his predecessor Manohar Parrikar. The swift chain of events that ended with a hasty, post-midnight ceremony, started soon after Manohar Parrikar died on Sunday evening. The tough negotiations with BJP allies, which continued overnight, were...

Goa Congress leader Chandrakant Kavlekar on Monday said since his party has staked claim to form government in the state, the Assembly cannot be kept in suspended animation.

As the nation mourned Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's death, the ruling BJP struggled on Monday to stabilize its coalition government in the seaside state, with a narrow majority along with two allies and independent members. In the race to find Manohar Parrikar's successor, the BJP's Pramod Sawant seemed to have an edge but allies Maharashtr...

The BJP-led alliance in Goa did not reach a consensus over the next chief minister on Monday, a move necessitated by the death of Manohar Parrikar.

The death of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar after a year-long battle against pancreatic cancer was widely condoled on social media today. Among the first to pay their respects to Mr Parrikar were BJP chief Amit Shah and Congress president Rahul Gandhi.

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's death this evening has brought down the BJP numbers in the state assembly from 13 to 12. But along with allies, they still have 20 lawmakers in the assembly, where the majority mark is at 19. Over Mr Parrikar's last days, the Congress made repeated attempts to dislodge the BJP government. On Sunday, the Congres...

Amid reports that Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health had worsened, the Congress on Saturday staked claim, asking Governor Mridula Sinha to "dismiss" the BJP-led government which it said was in a minority. The party also said it "anticipates that numbers of the BJP may further dwindle".