03/06/2015 … Demanding equal status to Marathi language members of the Marathi rajya basha samiti on Wednesday staged a dharna in front of the chief minister official residence at altinho

The samiti was the state government to table a bill during the upcoming monsoon assembly session giving official language status to both Marathi and Konkani

Addressing media persons at the site of the dharna newly elected central president of the committee of the Marathi rajya basha samiti gopal ramchandra dhavlikar said that the dharna was a part of the agitation and development programmes organized by the central committee for getting justice to the Marathi language as well as for its protection and propagation

Meanwhile pwd minister sudhin dhavlikar said that since he was also a part of the government his government would definitely think over the issue of giving equal status to Marathi language in the state

01/06/2015 …. Stating that the bjp leaders had committed a breach of privileage Rajya sabha member shantaram naik has criticized the state bjp led government for making u turn and betraying goans on special provisions as far as special status for goa was concerned …

Addressing media persons at the party head office in panjim rajya Sabha mp shantaram naik said that the the bjp national president amit shah was unable to understand the demand of goans which seek for the amendment of article 371 of the constitution to empower goa legislative assembly to enact appropriate legislation to protect their land culture and language with special category

Mr naik said that both Parrikar and cm Parsekar owe an explanations to goans as what was the responses of the prime minister and home minister of india if at all they had taken the special status of goa issue serious

Mr naik also stated that there was a total misunderstand prevailing in some sections of the society that goan land could be protected by amending local law

31/05/2015 … Instead of taking relevant issues concerning the state of goa Congress mla from dabolim constituency mauvin godinho has criticized the goa state congress president luizinho faleiro of having his own personal agenda and was making a fool of every one being the president of the goa state congress party

Speaking to goanreporter dabolim mla mauvin godinho said that he had come to know that under the new president every person was promised for a congress ticket in every constituency of the state and were made to live in a fool paradise

Mr godinho said that the state congress party was going on repeated its same mistakes time and again instead of becoming strong ahead of the state assembly elections

Mr godinho stated that the opposition leader has totally failed in raising issues in the state assembly session as he had had done match fixing and has his own personnel agenda

31/05/2015 …. On the day of the statehood day of goa chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar led the way along with minister for civil supplies dayanand mandrekar in opting out of the lgp subsidy in goa ..

In goa till date a total of 1812 people have opted out of lpg subsidy thus helping the central government to save an amount of 25 lakhs per annum to be used for the development of down trodden people in the country

The function was held at the seminar hall of the secretariat in porvorim on Saturday where in chief minister laximikant parsekar asked goans to think about the cause of poor people and support the opt out subsidy programme in the state

Civil supplies minister dayanand mandrekar said that it was an unique idea started by the prime minister of india shri narendra modiji …

EXCLUSIVE STORY …. Having said that he was humiliated a number of times by his own partymen, congress mla from dabolim constituency mauvin godinho on Friday confirmed to goanreporter.com that he had already made up his mind to move out of the congress party before the upcoming 2017 state assembly elections ….

30/05/2015 …. The goa state cabinet on Friday approved holding of 11 state municipality elections on 1st of November this year and has also decided not to hold the same on party lines

Addressing media persons at the secretariat in porvorim chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that the five year tenure of 11 municipalities in the state was getting over on 11th of November 2015 and therefore the elections for this municipalities would be held on 1st of November with certain delimitations made in group a and b class municipalities

Parsekar said that the cabinet had approved an increase amount of rs 50 lakh in to the existing deendayal panchayat raj infrastructure scheme where in the state government was giving an amount of 20 lakhs to 1 crore for developing infrastructure in its village panchayat

Mr Parsekar also informed that the cabinet had given a one year extension to around 233 contract staff working under the MGNERGA project

29/05/2015 … Stating that various states in the country have been making their demands for special status bjp national president amit shah denied to make a categorical statements as weather the state of goa could get special status from the central government …

Mr shah was addressing media persons in the capital city after he was given a warm welcome through motorcycle rally to the capital city from merces circle …
Mr shah is on a day long visit to goa for the celebrations of the one year rule of the modi led government at the centre

On asked about central government stand on giving special status to the state of goa Mr shah said that the central government would decide on such issue at an appropriate time and also mentioned that his party was for zero tolerance investigation against drugs in the country

Commenting over the mining issue Mr shah said the central government mines ministry would sent an advisory note to all the state concerned with mining where in centre would help the states in the formation of a mining auction policy …

Commenting over the issue of ban of beef Mr shah the state government would try to resolve the issue only after taking goans in to confidence

28/05/2015 … The state nationalist congress party has asked the newly formed mahasangh to advised its north goa mp shirpad naik and twelve’s of its mla’s which also includes certain minister in the state bjp led government to support of withdrawing the land tenancy act amendment in the upcoming assembly session of the goa state legislative assembly …

It may be noted that recently a Bahujan Samaj Mahasangh has just been formed by 24 communities of Goa belonging to Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes to fight government apathy toward their causes.

Addressing media persons state ncp spokesperson trojano dmello said that if the concerned mp, minister or mla’s attached to mahasangh were unable to achieve success in their mission then it would be suspected that the mahasangh was a front of the bjp trying to fool goans …

Commenting over the special status issue trojano said that special status was a promise given by the bjp party during the last lok Sabha elections but till date had failed to do so and therefore if special status had to be given to goa then it has to be done in the upcoming state assembly session or it would be felt that the bjp led government was just fooling goans time and again

Trojano also stated that the state government was doing injustice on the contract security employees by asking them to applying for jobs once again through the newly formed goa human resource development corporation …

27/05/2015 …. the Goa state congress party on Wednesday passed a resolution seeking special status category for the state in goa and also vowed to take up the matter through a movement and its election manifestos in the upcoming state assembly elections …

Addressing media persons on the occasion of 51st death anniversary of later prime minister of india Jawaharlal Nehru which was observed at the party head office in panjim gpcc president luizinho faleiro said that the state government could enact a law under special status category for protecting goan land which was there in most of the north east states of the country

Mr faleiro also stated that for special status category for goa all the political parties were together but it was said that the present bjp led government was going on taking u-turns on this issue in the last three and half years of its rule in the state