Before the upcoming Goa parliamentary elections next year, the Goa Kadima Party (GFP) has announced an alliance with the parliament. On Saturday, the two parties held a joint press conference in Goa to confirm the alliance.

Vijay Sardesai, Chairman of the Goa Kadima Party, said: “We have said in the past that on the eve of the 60th anniversary of Goa’s liberation, we will provide you with an alliance to liberate Goa from these democratically elected dictatorships.”

Goa Liberation Day is celebrated on December 19 every year to commemorate the success of the “Operation Vijay” that the Indian armed forces liberated Goa from Portuguese rule.

“Together for Goa,” the Goa Kadima Party tweeted from its official Twitter, with a photo of its leader holding hands with the congressional leader. It is worth noting that the Goa Kadima was part of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National League for Democracy (NDA) earlier and participated in the last state poll together in 2017. However, after disagreements with the Saffron camp, it left the NDA in 2019.

“The strong anti-BJP sentiment of the people of Goa is now a powerful force,” Sadsay wrote in a tweet on Saturday, shortly after the alliance was announced before the vote. “Liberation of Goa is not only our goal, but also the goal of every Goemkar. We will work together to end the most corrupt, unethical and unethical government in Goa’s history.”

Last week, Sardesai was invited by Dinesh Gundu Rao, head of the Goa National Assembly, to meet with Girish Chodankar, head of the grand old party state unit, which initiated the pre-voting coalition negotiations between the two parties.

On November 30, Sadesai met with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and stated that he was “proud to be able to work for the second liberation of Goa with the great-grandson of those who contributed to the first liberation”.

“The curse of the community and the anti-Goa Pramod Sawan government will be blown away!” The chairman of the Goa Kadima Party announced on Twitter.

At the same time, Congress announced the first eight candidates for the polls for the state assembly earlier this week.

The party sent Tony Rodrigues from the Taleigao parliamentary seat and Rajesh Verenkar from the Ponda constituency. Former chief ministers Digambar Kamat and Sudhir Kanolkar will also compete for seats in the Margao parliament and Mapusa parliamentary seats, respectively.

The 2022 Goa elections will be held in February to elect 40 members of the Legislative Assembly, of which 21 seats are required to obtain a majority.

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