15/04/2014 … Nearly being away from media for days after he was denied the south goal ok Sabha ticket South goa mp Francisco sardinha on Monday denied commenting over his absence from the campaigning process for the south goa congress lok Sabha candidate reginaldo lourenco in the recently held lok Sabha polls in south goa …

It may be noted that the south goa mp Francisco sardinha had stayed away from the congress party campaigning activities specially for the south goa congress lok Sabha candidate reginaldo lourenco after the central congress leaders had denied ticket to the present mp from south goa

Speaking to reporter south goa mp Francisco sardinha said he was in goa during the lok Sabha elections and had not participated in the campaigning process though there was no any particular reason for it and no one could stop him on doing what he felt was right

On asked about his son shalom contesting the south goal ok Sabha seat on an independent ticket Sardinha said that shalom was an individual and every individual had the right to take his own step in today’s world though he had tried to convince him not to contest the polls

14/04/2014 …. With the Taleigao panchayat election scheduled to take place on april 27 of this month st cruz  mla babush monsoratte has stepped up his campaigning process along with his supporters for the panchayats elections asking to vote for his taleigao progressive development front ….

The st cruz mla babush monsoratte heads the progressive development front from which mr monsoratte has fielded 11 candidates in eleven wards of the taleigao village panchayat and was seen moving from houses to house campaigning for his candidates at the upcoming panchayat elections

 Political equations believe that this time it won’t be an easy task for mr monsoratte to get his panel elected at the village panchayat elections and would have to work hard for his victory as the bjp party has also made provisions to put candidates and fight the battle at the April 27 village panchayat elections

 Like his usual trend mr Monserrate had announced candidates for the 11-member panchayat well in advance and had picked up fresh candidates from which only few are believed to be old faces who had fought panchayat elections last term before.

 Speaking to goanreporter st cruz mla babush monsoratte said that he had no issues as far as his voters were concerned and was confident that his support would get his panel elected at the taleigao village panchayat

Monosratte said that at a certain extent he earlier panchayat panel has been able to satisfy their voters in taleigao village with basic amenities

 Monosratte also shared his idea of selecting a new candidate after ever five year term in all the eleven wards under his front for the taleigao village panchayat elections

 Meanwhile rekha shital bandhari who is contesting from ward no X under the taleigao progressive development front said

13/04/2014 … Even though major political parties had promised goan voters on various issues at the ongoing lok Sabha elections in to the state of goa locals in areas of chimbel village were faced with major water shortage problem and were seen filling water for their personnel use from pwd water tankers

While Saturday was announced as the polling day for the two lok Sabha seats in to the state of goa locals of chimbel village instead of casting their rights to vote for their choice of candidate for the lok Sabha elections had to first rush to the government supplied water tankers and fill up water for their daily use as the chimbel village has been facing a major water shortage problem for the past few days

 Even after informing the pwd department about the difficulties the pwd officials seems to have been least bothered to take a note of it and have not adhere to the need of the chimbel locals thus forcing the locals to fill up drinking water from pwd water tanks

Another local rajendra sakhalkar said that almost the village have been facing a major water crisis for the last fifteen days

12/04/2014 …. Gpcc president john Fernandes on Saturday said that the state congress party would not invite any of the state congress leaders who had kept themselves away from the campaigning process of the ongoing lok Sabha elections in the state of goa

It may be noted that in the campaigning process of the ongoing lok Sabha elections various congress leaders such as youth president valanka alemao, dabolim mla mauvin godinho , former cuncolim mla joaquim alemao, former south goa mp Francisco sardinha had not participated in the campaign process of the congress candidates in the state specially in south goa …

Though citing personnel reasons valanka had shifted herself to delhi to campaign for the congress party dabolim mla mauvin godinho, former south goa mp Francisco sardinha had also kept himself away from the congress campaign

Speaking to goanreporter gpcc president john Fernandes said that if any of the congress leader who is a member of the pcc committee and had not worked for the party during the lok Sabha elections would be asked the vacate the pcc seat or not to attend the pcc meet

Fernandes said there would not be any effect of the alemao family as well as of the dabolim mla mauvin godinho at the south goa parliamentary seat for the lok Sabha elections

Fernandes also stated that Churchill had done a mistake by resigning from the congress party and joining tmc to fight the lok Sabha elections but instead should have allowed the alemao’s younger generation to come up in their political life as their search had already began for news faces in various state constituencies

11/04/2014 … In a way to make polling stations free from smoking zones the state election office in a circular issued on Friday said that all the polling stations for the april 12^th lok Sabha elections in the state of goa would be made in to no-smoking areas so that voters could be able to cast their votes in a smoke-free Environment.

It may be noted that the State Unit of Voluntary health Association of India being a largest health-Care NGO had appealed to the state CEO to ensure polling stations be made smoke-free

 The directive mentions that as polling booths are public places, the circular  is in sync with Section 4 of the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products Act, 2003.

 The act states that smoking is prohibited in all public places. Section 4 also states that a mandatory display signage must be posted in public places.

 Speaking to media reporters Chief executive officer Keshav Chandra said that he had asked the Returning Officers, ARO’s and AEROs in the state to take appropriate measures so as to see polling stations as no smoking zone areas.

 Keshav said he had asked his office to keep a strict watch on polling stations as no mobiles phone would be allowed near the polling booth and also strict action would be taken no those who were found in trying to lure voters by offering food and drinks close to the 200 and 100 mts radius distance of the polling booth

 Keshav also stated that since goa was a peaceful state there were no major complaints received by his department during the campaign process in the last few days

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 .