Interim Chief Of Goa Party, An Ex-BJP Ally, Joins Trinamool Before Polls

Kiran Kandolkar, a former BJP MLA, had joined Goa Forward Party in 2020, and was declared the GFP candidate from Aldona seat for 2022 Goa polls.

Goa Forward Party (GFP) working president Kiran Kandolkar quit the party on Saturday in protest against a possible alliance with the Congress in the upcoming Assembly polls and joined the Trinamool Congress.

Mr Kandolkar was welcomed in Trinamool by the party MP Mahua Moitra and Trinamool national vice president Luizinho Faleiro.

Mr Kandolkar, a former BJP MLA, had joined GFP in 2020. Incidentally, he was declared the GFP candidate from the Aldona seat for the Assembly polls scheduled early next year.

"But the Congress has already started campaigning there. I feel Congress will ditch the Vijai Sardesai-led party at the last minute. I feel that parties like Congress and AAP are not serious about defeating BJP," he told reporters.