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Topic: Goa Forward Party

Why Congress & TMC’s alliances with Goa regional parties might not be enough to fight BJP

Manasi Phadke -
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.

Goa’s GFP rules out merger with Trinamool, says Congress has till Diwali to finalise alliance

Madhuparna Das -
Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai tells ThePrint too many anti-BJP forces are coming to Goa to fight BJP, says we have to think about a strategic alliance, so votes do not get divided.

‘Joined NDA only for Parrikar’ — BJP’s one-time Goa ally set to partner with Congress in 2022

Fatima Khan -
The Goa Forward Party, which was part of the BJP-led NDA until April, is now in talks with the Congress for the 2022 assembly polls. 

Vijai Sardesai, the biggest loser in Goa’s roller-coaster politics

Manasi Phadke -
Goa Forward Party leader Vijai Sardesai saw popularity, success and heady power between 2012 and 2019, before going back to opposition benches.

With Manohar Parrikar indisposed, BJP concerned about ‘go Goa gone’

Ruhi Tewari -
BJP’s quandary stems from the fact that Parrikar did not groom a second rung and the party has few leaders in Goa who carry adequate weight.

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R Jagannathan -
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Economy

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

Katharine Gemmell -
President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Defence

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

Vaibhav Pant -
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

National Interest

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Shekhar Gupta -
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.

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