10/04/2014 …. The state congress party has expressed confidence of winning both the parliamentary seats by a margin of 30,000 votes in north and 40,000  votes in south goa …

Addressing media persons gpcc president john Fernandes said that since there was a silent wave in favour of the congress party he was very confident of winning both the lok Sabha seats in the state

Fernandes also accused the state government for harassing the congress party and disrupting meet of the south goa congress party meet in margao on Wednesday

09-04-2014 … The state election commission have kept a target of 75% voting turn out for the april 12^th lok sabha elections in to the state of goa which also include Braille voting system for the blind voters

Addressing media persons at the state election office at altinho joint ceo narayan navti said that the minimum requirements that were required for fair polling were taken care of for the april 12^th lok Sabha elections

Navti also stated that central as well as state para military forces were a party of the security systems for the lok Sabha elections on 1624 polling booths in north and south goa

08/04/2014 …. Though the gpcc president john Fernandes on Tuesday said that the airport coming up at mopa was a threat to the dabolim airport north goa congress lok sabha candidate ravi naik had a different opinion stating that he would ask his supporters stand over the mopa airport issue and then only take a final call on it

Addressing media persons north goa congress lok sabha candidate ravi naik said that he would not like to comment anything on the issue if mopa unless he take his north goa voters in to confidence ans also mentioned that he had been getting a good feedback from the north goan voters and was confident of winning the upcoming lok Sabha elections from north goa

Gpcc president john Fernandes said that dabolim airport had to remain for posterity and therefore he was clear on the mopa issue that there was no need for another airport in the state

Meanwhile rajya sabha mp shantaram naik denied commenting anything over the statements made by the north goa congress candidate as well as the gpcc president on mopa issue

07/04/2013 ….. Stating that the idea of mopa was still an unborn baby the state congress party has once again retreated the demand of retaining the dabolim airport as the only airport in the state and has said that the land at mopa should be given back to the farmers under the write to forest act

Addressing media persons gpcc president john Fernandes said that congress party had not stand on mopa as the issue which was a scam did not exist while dabolim would remain for posterity

Fernandes said mopa was just a dream of certain vested interest people and was never on the congress party agenda

Meanwhile in a bid to support the south goa congress candidate reginaldo lourenco prospects from cuncolim constituency at the upcoming lok sabha elections advocate john monteiro along with his three hundreds supporters joined the congress party on Monday

Speaking over the issue of joaquim alemao and valanka not contesting for the congress candidate in the state john said that he would ensure that those who do not work for the party would not get ticket for the next assembly elections in the state

06/04/2014 …. In order to safeguard the country’s interest against the corrupt Congress government, we need to unanimously support both the BJP candidates contesting in the state, stated  PWD minster Ramkrishna Dhavlikar

 Mr dhavlikar was speaking at st cruz constituency mgp workers meet which took place at merces on Friday evening and was attended by north goa lok Sabha bjp candidate Shripad naik, mgp president Deepak dhavlikar, mgp block president of st cruz constituency prakash naik and over thousand of mgp workers

Dhavlikar said that he had failed to understand as why the present st cruz mla babush monsoratte was supporting the north goa congress candidate ravi naik for the upcoming lok Sabha elections when babush himself was harassed by the then home minister and present north goal ok Sabha candidate ravi naik

Meanwhile mgp block president of st cruz constituency prakash naik asked his supporters to support the north goa candidate Shripad naik at the upcoming lok sabha elections which would help the mgp party to carry over developmental work in st cruz constituency .

05/04/2014 …. The state congress party on Saturday released its central party manifesto along with the highlights of the six issues concerning to the state of goa …

The central party manifesto was released by state party president john Fernandes along with central congress leader siddarth patel and other congress office bearers at the congress house in Panjim

 The party manifesto highlights issues such as special status, dual Portuguese nationality, drug menace, legal and controlled mining, corruption, abrupt stoppage of mining a major industry of goa, law and order and education police

gpcc president also accused the state chief minister of diluting the common civil code by fraudulent means to subvert income tax act for certain vested interest people

04/04/2014 …. The all india trinamool congress party has vowed to scrap mopa airport as well as start legal mining in to the state of goa if the tmc candidate Churchill alemao get elected in to the upcoming lok sabha elections in south goa

Addressing media persons in the capital city rajya sabha mp and spokesperson of the all india trinamool congress party Derek Obrien said that no matter what ever resulta may it be on the 16^th of may tmc would give their full support to their south goa candidate in resolving the mopa airport as well as illegal mining issue in to the state of goa

Meanwhile south goa tmc candidate Churchill alemao said that as scrapping mopa was his main issue of the elections as if mopa comes in the state there won’t be any revenue that the state would generate as the mopa airport was close to Maharashtra and goan tourism industry would be finished

03/04/2014 …. As the april 12^th lok sabha elections get close political parties are busy in garnering voters to vote for their respective candidates at various places in and around goa, the state congress party held one such meeting at the old goa village panchayat in cumbarjua constituency on Wednesday evening in support of the noth goa congress candidate ravi naik

Present on the occasion were congress north goa candidate ravi naik, gpcc president john Fernandes, cumbarjua mla pandurang madkaikar, ncp state president nilkhant halarnkar and over thousand of congress supporters

Speaking on the occasion north goa congress candidate ravi naik which asking for the support of the cumbarjua voters said that though the bjp party was crying highly on drugs issue the coastal belt of north goa had three mla’s from the bjp party itself and were trying to blame others

Meanwhile cumbarjua mla pandurang madkaikar and gpcc president john also asked voters to support the congress candidate so as to defeat communal forces out from the state of goa

02/04/2014 …. After the Congress party has cracked the whip suspending four office bearers of Goa Pradesh Youth Congress committee, Navelim block the congress party now could also issue suspension order for some of the office bearers from cuncolim congress youth block who are believed to have been found to be doing anti party activities.

It may be noted that for on Tuesday for its anti- party activities, in the run up to the Lok Sabha elections, the officials of Indian Youth Congress has suspended four office bearers of Goa Pradesh Youth Congress Navelim block namely President Natasha Viegas, Vice President Wilson Miranda, and general secretaries Ashfaq Sayyed and Joslino Paixodo who were issued suspension orders based on evidence for campaigning in favour of Trinamool Congress candidate Churchill Alemao in South Goa.

Now Sources from the congress camp informed goa365 that officials of the goa state youth congress had informed its central congress leaders that some of the youth leaders from cuncolim congress block were also found to be working against the party and were campaigning for the south goat tmc candidate Churchill alemao …

Mr Fernandes said the he had restored the earlier committee which was illegally dissolved by the earlier gpcc president

Mr Fernandes also stated that even though there were certain people who being inside the party were doing anti party activities his party would still be able to win both the lok Sabha seats in the state

01/04/2014 …. The corporation city of Panjim on Tuesday passed a surplus budget of twenty eight crores eight one thousand for the next financial year of 2014-15 …

In a special meet which was called at the ccp conference hall the corporation has estimated a projected income of around 34,07,51,930.00 while the project expenditure has been estimated at 28,00,81,000.00

Speaking to media reporters ccp commissioner snajit rodrigues gave more details about the financial budget

Sanjit also stated that the corporation would also sign an agreement with the original lease owners in the Panjim market with the next few days