In Goa, Trinamool Ties Up With Party That BJP Dumped In 2019
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Goa Elections: Veteran Goa Politician and Rajya Sabha MP Luizinho Faleiro, who recently quit the Congress and joined the Trinamool Congress, was present as the new tie-up was announced.
Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has finally found its regional partner head of elections in Goa. The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) of Sudhin Dhavalikar today announced a tie-up with the Trinamool Congress.
In 2017, when the Congress emerged as the single largest party by winning 17 seats in the 40-member house, the BJP tied up with smaller parties like the MGP and independents to form government.
Sudhin Dhavlikar, a minister in the Manohar Parrikar-led BJP government in Goa, was unceremoniously dropped in March 2019 after Mr Parrikar died and Pramod Sawant took charge.
Two of his MLAs joined the BJP, leaving the party with only one MLA.
