Declaring candidates at the end of month January will confuse rebellions in Congress.

 

Declaring candidates at the end of month January will confuse rebellions in Congress.

Congress party may be one of the strongest parites in India but in Goa the party seems have become a tool in the hands of powerful politicians who use the party to pursue theiur own interests, revolting against Congress if denied the party election tickets. It is to avoid just such revolts that the party has not yet declared its candidates for the assembly elections, speculations suggest.

Congress party in Goa is presently in an alliance with the national congress party.

Before elections ruling Congress party has time and again  expressed intentions of  contesting assembly elections independently as it has  wining candidates in most of the constituencies. However congress party has always opted for pre-poll alliances after declaration of elections stating that it is a high command decision.

It was revealed that many Congress candidates who are presently allotted ministerial berth and chairmanship of key management boards always perform their personnel progress rather than congress party.

Congress leader Churchill Alemao has time and again revolted against congress leadership, pressurizing the party to achieve his own ends. During the assembly elections of 2007, Churchill Alemao resigned from congress party and founded the Save Goa front, which contested on 17 seats. He himself contested from Navelim against veteran congress leader Luizinho Falerio and defeated him.

Churchill placed Alexio Reginaldo Lourenco against loyal INC candidate Fransico Sardinha and brought down Sardinha with nearly 1827-votes.which decreases the magic number of the congress –NCP alliance. Churchill Alemao who constantly blackmails Congress party for his own family interest had not filed any candidate against his own brother Joaquim Alemao in Cuncolim constituency in 2007.Churchill Alemao thus became the king-maker of Congress party and later merge his own party SGF into congress.

Now, Alemao’s brothers claim that they have votes in Sanguem,Benaulim,Navelim and Cuncolim constituencies and are lobbying for tickets of the same constituencies for their family instead of giving opportunity  to emerging congress leaders.

Babush Monseratte, another rebel who declined contesting on congress ticket at the last moment in 2007 elections and was elected with huge margin on UGDP ticket. Babush has now joined congress and is demanding ticket for his wife and  himself.

In accordance with the congress party ideology one family one ticket Vishwajeet Rane contested independently and won election from Valpoi constituency resigned later and joined congress party again and contested on congress ticket and elected with huge margin on his own strength.

It can thus be speculated that Congress as a party does not have winnable candidates in major constituencies but individuals politicians who have the capacity to get elected due to  their loyal voters on any ticket, push around the Congress for their own interests. Congress party can’t deny ticket to bigwigs because it will increase the possibility of revolt, which is why Congress is still not ready to declare its  candidates in any constituency.

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