Founded in 2017 as a movement to fight for Goa’s ‘sons of the soil’, the Revolutionary Goans won an assembly seat and almost 10 per cent of the vote in the 2022 state election.
Six-time Goa CM Rane has never lost an election and had been representing Poriem since 1972. His daughter-in-law is fighting from the seat this time, on a BJP ticket.
MLA Lavoo Mamledar & 4 others resigned from TMC within 3 months of joining party, alleging it was trying to 'divide Goans on basis of religion'. Faleiro didn't comment on 'communal' claim.
Congress has tied up with Goa Forward Party, which is just one election old. TMC has tied up with MGP, which ruled Goa decades ago but has steadily lost its glory.
In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.
IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.
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