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Goa bypoll may not throw up surprises Camil Parkhe Saturday, 26 August 2017   goo.gl/b6GBPW The poll verdict clearly indicated that the people in Goa had totally ruled out the Aam Aadmi Party, which had initially appeared as a major contender for power and also the Goa Suraksha Manch, the political splinter group of the local Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Both these parties failed to win even a single seat in the Goa assembly. Politics indeed makes strange bedfellows. The electorates in Goa experienced this recently, soon after the results of the Assembly elections in this smallest state in the county were declared. The voters had then voted the BJP out of power, reducing the ruling party’s tally from 21 to 13, and elected the Congress with 17, as the single largest party in the 40-member House. The poll verdict clearly indicated that the people in Goa had totally ruled out the ...

Parrikar’s role in Goa unenviable CAMIL PARKHE |  Sunday, 19 March 2017 AT 02:23 PM IST       CAMIL PARKHE ,  Manohar Parrikar ,  Goa ,  CM Finally, the BJP has formed a coalition government in Goa, albeit with reduced seats as compared to the previous house. This indicates that Manohar Parrikar, who has been sworn in as chief minister for the fourth term, will have a daunting task in retaining power for the full fiver-year term in the tiny state. The fractured mandate in Goa has created problems for the two main political parties in the state, the BJP and the Congress. The defeat of Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and seven members of his Cabinet has served a big jolt for the BJP, which had been on a climbing graph in the state for over one-and-half decades. The BJP's strength in the House has been reduced from 21 to 13. The opposition Congress had won 17 seats, almost double of its tally in the previous House, and four seats more t...