Subhash Shirodkar

There is bound to be issues among alliance partners, a senior Goa minister from the BJP said on Monday when asked about the MGP, a constituent of the Manohar Parrikar government, planning to field a candidate for an upcoming bypoll in Panaji.

A Congress worker on Sunday alleged that BJP leader Subhash Shirodkar's supporters have threatened her with gangrape if she campaigned against him.

Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday termed the BJP's act of luring two Goa Congress MLAs over to its side yesterday as a "setback" for the ruling party, and not the opposition.

Former Goa minister Subhash Shirodkar, who quit the Congress to join the ruling BJP, claimed on Wednesday that the opposition party was never interested in forming government in the state because of the factions within it.

Two Goa Congress lawmakers met BJP president Amit Shah in Delhi and quit today, ending the party's razor thin edge in the 40-member assembly.

Two Goa Congress legislators Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar Monday midnight left for Delhi amidst speculations that they may join the BJP.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President, Subhash Shirodkar, said the screening committee and the central election committee would be meeting next week to finalise the first list.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhash Shirodkar said that the announcement would be made in Delhi, where senior leaders of both the parties are working out the alliance.

There is bound to be issues among alliance partners, a senior Goa minister from the BJP said on Monday when asked about the MGP, a constituent of the Manohar Parrikar government, planning to field a candidate for an upcoming bypoll in Panaji.

A Congress worker on Sunday alleged that BJP leader Subhash Shirodkar's supporters have threatened her with gangrape if she campaigned against him.

Former Union Minister Salman Khurshid on Wednesday termed the BJP's act of luring two Goa Congress MLAs over to its side yesterday as a "setback" for the ruling party, and not the opposition.

Former Goa minister Subhash Shirodkar, who quit the Congress to join the ruling BJP, claimed on Wednesday that the opposition party was never interested in forming government in the state because of the factions within it.

Two Goa Congress lawmakers met BJP president Amit Shah in Delhi and quit today, ending the party's razor thin edge in the 40-member assembly.

Two Goa Congress legislators Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar Monday midnight left for Delhi amidst speculations that they may join the BJP.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President, Subhash Shirodkar, said the screening committee and the central election committee would be meeting next week to finalise the first list.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Subhash Shirodkar said that the announcement would be made in Delhi, where senior leaders of both the parties are working out the alliance.