Goa | ‘Ekvott’ fractures into many
As AAP makes a third front with regional party GFP, Congress plan to have united front in tatters
The Goa Forward Party (GFP) is a prominent regional political entity in Goa, India, founded with the core objective of advancing Goan interests, culture, and identity. Led by Vijai Sardesai, the GFP has emerged as a significant player in Goa's political arena. Sardesai, currently serving as the MLA of Fatorda, has been instrumental in shaping the party's stance and direction since its inception.
Recent developments have seen the GFP take a stand on various critical issues affecting Goa, particularly emphasizing the protection of its unique heritage, environment, and livelihood. The party's decision to exit the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was driven by concerns over policies that were deemed detrimental to Goa's interests.
As AAP makes a third front with regional party GFP, Congress plan to have united front in tatters
Arvind Kejriwal announced the AAP-Goa Forward Party alliance, Goa First, for the 2027 Goa Assembly elections. The front is being pitched as a non-BJP, non-Congress alternative in the state.
AAP and Goa Forward Party hoardings have sparked speculation of a pre-poll alliance ahead of the 2027 Goa Assembly elections. While AAP hinted at a major announcement, Congress said alliance talks with GFP were still underway.
Congress and the Goa Forward Party have opened preliminary talks for a 2027 Goa alliance. The move signals a wider opposition push, with AAP also open to a tie-up against the BJP.
Goa Forward Party on board, but the Congress’s bid to rope in the Revolutionary Goans Party for a united challenge to the BJP comes a cropper
The Congress, hoping for a resurgence in Goa before the 2027 assembly election, floats an anti-saffron front. But the ground is shaky even before local body polls
CM Pramod Sawant declined comment on Pandurang Madkaikar’s claim that he got work done by bribing a minister Rs 15-20 lakh, but the BJP assured a probe
A bal swayamsevak of the RSS, grassroots BJP worker, two-term MLA and a leader of the OBC Bhandari community, Naik comes armed with many credentials
The Goa minister was responding to the Opposition’s allegation that the renovation work of iconic Kala Academy in Panaji was given to an agency on a nomination basis without a due tender process.
Goa Forward Party President, Vijay Sardesai, along with three of his party MLAs, called on Sanjay Raut on Friday morning in Mumbai and discussed the political situation in the state, sending panic waves in BJP circles.
The Congress and Goa Forward Party, which entered into a pre-poll alliance, could manage to win just 11 and one assembly seats respectively.
Congress and Goa Forward Party poll candidates took a pledge of loyalty in the presence of Rahul Gandhi on Friday.
Addressing a press conference in Panaji, AICC in-charge for Goa, Dinesh Gundu Rao, said the Congress and the Goa Forward Party have entered into an alliance for the forthcoming elections in the coastal state.
The Congress and the Goa Forward Party (GFP) will announce their pre-poll alliance ahead of next year's Goa Assembly election.
Opposition parties--Congress, AAP and Goa Forward Party--have condemned the alleged manhandling of renowned Goan writer Dilip Borkar at the ongoing International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Panaji.
The TMC and Goa Forward Party (GFP) have raised objections and slammed the BJP government over the construction of a bungalow in the precincts of the Old Goa heritage complex.
Manohar Parrikar’s son believes he can carry the late Goa chief minister’s legacy forward but his party has other plans
Goa Forward Party Working President Kiran Kandolkar along with his wife Kavita Kandolkar, have joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
In a letter to Amit Shah, Goa Forward Party has withdrawn from Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in Goa, accusing BJP of turning its back on people of Goa.
All three members of the GFP, including Vijai Sardesai who was deputy chief minister in the Pramod Sawant cabinet, were dropped and replaced by three of the 10 MLAs who last week switched over from the Congress to the BJP.
The Aam Aadmi Party and the Goa Forward Party have announced a pre-poll alliance named 'Goa First' for the 2027 Goa Assembly elections. Aam Aadmi Party national convener Arvind Kejriwal stated that the alliance offers a non-BJP, non-Congress alternative to voters, adding that both parties are equal partners and expressing confidence in forming the next government. The Congress responded by rejecting the pitch as an old narrative, alleging that Arvind Kejriwal functions as the 'Team B' of the BJP.
In Goa, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) once again tried reaching out to the Congress for a poll alliance to fight the BJP. The Congress and Goa Forward Party (GFP) seemed to have locked their deal. "Congress alone cannot defeat the BJP. All anti-BJP forces must ally...," TMC Goa in-charge Mahua Moitra said.