Goa Congress renegade to contest on Trinamool ticket

Posted on 25th Mar 2014 10:15 pm by admin

Margao (Goa), March 25 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress announced its Lok Sabha election debut in Goa Tuesday, signing up a tainted, renegade Congress leader to contest the South Goa seat.

West Bengal Sports and Transport Minister Madan Mitra said former Goa chief minister Churchill Alemao would contest the South Goa seat for the Trinamool Congress.

Mitra was addressing a press conference in Margao, about 40 km from the state capital Panaji.

"Alemao will be our candidate for South Goa," Mitra said, adding that he would file his nomination papers Wednesday. He will take on the Congress' Aleixo Reginaldo and the BJP's leader Narendra Savoikar.

Alemao quit the Congress last week, complaining that the party did not give the South Goa ticket to his daughter Valanka, the state Youth Congress president.

"I will pull together all the secular votes. My party has betrayed me," said Alemao, who has left the Congress for the fourth time over the last two decades.

Alemao has a tainted history and has been booked for Foreign Exchange Management Act violations and corruption.

This is Trinamool's second foray in Goa. During the 2012 assembly election, the party contested for 20 out of the 40 assembly seats but was routed.

Other news

Relief: DU extended the date of filling the examination form, for the semester examination to be held in May-June, the forms will now be submitted till April 19

Delhi University has extended the exam form filling date for the semester exams to be held in May

To provoke tension between Russia and Ukraine, know who is adding fuel to the fire, what is his big game plan behind it.

Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have escalated for some time now. Talking about some special

RR vs GT Playing 11: Gujarat Titans will come out to equalize the previous defeat, knowing the playing-11 of the teams

RR vs GT Playing 11 IPL 2023. The finalist teams of IPL 2022 Gujarat Titans and Rajasthan Royals

Goa mining: Ministry lifts stay on green clearances

Panaji, March 21 (IANS) The union ministry for environment and forests (MoEF) has formally lift

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Voting begins on 88 Lok Sabha seats in the second phase, voters will decide the fate of 1202 candidates.

Voting has started from 7 am today in the second phase of the great festival of democracy. In the

Coronavirus Updates: Coronavirus cases increased again in 24 hours in the country, 7 thousand 219 new cases were found; Know the Latest Updates

Coronavirus Updates- Even though the cases of corona have decreased in the country for the last f

These phones of iPhone, OnePlus, Oppo, Lava, and Vivo sell the most on Amazon

Amazon Deal On Mobile: The only advantage is to buy a phone of your choice and favorite brand fro

Center declares PAFF as a terrorist organization: linked to Jaish-e-Mohammed, Rajouri claimed responsibility for the attack on the army camp

After TRF, the Central Government has now declared Jaish-e-Mohammed's proxy organization PAFF and

PM Modi-Para Athletes: 'You are our brand ambassador', said para-athletes during their meeting with Prime Minister Modi

After creating history in the Paris Paralympic Games, the Indian team met Prime Minister Narendra

Bedi likely to Head BJP's Delhi Campaign Committee

New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Former Indian Police Service officer Kiran Bedi, who Thursday joined t