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Panaji, The <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> on Thursday demanded that Chief Minister <keyword id="864632" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pramod-Sawant">Pramod Sawant</keyword> should release a white paper on the financial status of <keyword id="826" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Goa">Goa</keyword>, claiming that his regime had pushed the state into bankruptcy. "The admission by Sawant on Wednesday that the financial condition of the state is not good, is a clear vindication of the Congress Party's stand that the BJP government has pushed the state into bankruptcy and there is financial emergency in Goa," Goa Congress president <keyword id="6402484" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="girish-chodankar">Girish Chodankar</keyword> said in a statement issued here. "We have been raising these issues since November 2019, but the CM always tried to ridicule our claims. Truth always prevails, and the calamity of coronavirus has now compelled the CM to accept the reality," he also said. On Wednesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had turned down requests for bailout packages made by the industry and business associations, saying the COVID-19 crisis had caused a financial dent in every aspect of life, including that of the government. Chodankar now wants Sawant to immediately announce austerity measures "for the next three years by completely putting a stop on foreign tours, promotional events and other wasteful expenditure such as construction of memorials", referring to the proposed memorial dedicated to former Chief Minister late <keyword id="6363133" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="manohar-parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</keyword>, for which the state government has set aside a budgetary provision of Rs 10 crore. "He should instead provide relief to people in need," Chodankar said.

Congress accuses Goa government of going bankrupt - seeks financial details

Chandigarh, March 16 (IANS) Days after facing humiliating defeat in <keyword id="6354953" type="General" weightage="80" keywordseo="punjab" source="Orion">Punjab</keyword> from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), state Congress chief <keyword id="6356997" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="navjot-singh-sidhu" source="Orion">Navjot Singh Sidhu</keyword> on Wednesday resigned from the post. In a one-line resignation to party President Sonia Gandhi, <keyword id="6368691" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="sidhu" source="Orion">Sidhu</keyword> wrote, "I hereby resign as President (PPCC)." The AAP came to power by sweeping the Assembly polls with a three-fourths majority as heavyweights fall by wayside. A day earlier, Sonia Gandhi asked party chiefs Sidhu in Punjab, Ganesh Godiyal in Uttarakhand, Ajay Kumar Lallu in Uttar Pradesh, Girish Chodankar in Goa and Nameirakpam Loken Singh in Manipur to resign. Sidhu, once a Chief Minister aspirant, faced defeat from his stronghold <keyword id="11917951" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="amritsar" source="Orion">Amritsar</keyword> (East) seat. He was locked in a high-profile contest with Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikram Singh Majithia but faced defeat from the hands of AAP greenhorn candidate Jeevanjyot Kaur, who defeated him by a margin of 6,750 votes. Low-profile hygiene activist Kaur, who believed in door-to-door connect with electorate, emerged as the 'giant slayer' by showing the door to two political heavyweights -- Sidhu and Majithia, who were busy in mudslinging against each other. In 2017, cricketer-turned-politician Sidhu not only defeated his <keyword id="14666" type="General" weightage="50" keywordseo="bjp" source="Orion">BJP</keyword> rival Rajesh Honey with a big margin of over 42,000 votes but also played a role of a game-changer for the party by winning 10 out of 11 seats in Amritsar district, once the citadel of the SAD-BJP combine. Sidhu is a three-time Amritsar MP from the BJP. In 2014 he "sacrificed" this seat for his 'guru' Arun Jaitley. Later he was adjusted in the Rajya Sabha by the BJP but not finding a bigger role in Punjab, he quit the party and resigned from Parliament. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/health/india-logs-2876-new-covid-19-infections-and-98-fatalities-in-last-24-hours/articleshow/90252569.cms">India logs 2,876 new COVID-19 infections and 98 fatalities in last 24 hours</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/science/space/news/isro-to-chalk-out-plans-to-increase-number-of-launches-satellite-manufacturing/articleshow/90255221.cms">ISRO to chalk out plans to increase number of launches, satellite manufacturing</a>

Punjab Congress chief Sidhu quits with a one-line resignation

This tiny emerald land and the most popular tourist destination in the country is the 25th state of democracy. Located in the western coast of India, Goa has two electoral constituencies for the <keyword id="6355187" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword>. Hence it can elect 2 MPs from the state for the parliament. As per the election commission’s notification, the state goes for polling on April 23 when the country will see its third phase of elections. The BJP fields its current MPs from the Goa constituencies once again for the upcoming Lok Sabhaelections. The party’s list released so far has announced that Shri Shripad Yesso Naik will fight from theNorth Goa constituency and <keyword id="7478966" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Keshav-Sawaikar">Narendra Keshav Sawaikar</keyword> will contest from South Goa constituency once again representing the BJP for the parliament. The Congress candidates for these two constituencies will be Girish Chodankar from North Goa and <keyword id="172890" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Francisco-Sardinha">Francisco Sardinha</keyword> from South Goa. Following the demise of Goa chief minister Manohar Parikkar, the BJP is also seen busy searching for the new CM for the union territory. <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Goa </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Constituency </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Current MP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Polling Date </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Counting Date </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">BJP Candidate Names </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Congress Candidate Names </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">AAP Candidate Names </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">North Goa </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Pad Yasso Naik (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Apr-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">May-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Pad Yesso Naik </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Girish Chodankar </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Pradeep Padgaonkar </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">South Goa </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Narendra Keshav Sawaikar (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Apr-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">May-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Adv. Narendra Keshav Sawaikar </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Francisco Sardinha </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Elvis Gomes </td></tr></tbody></table> See also: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/lok-sabha-elections-2019-dates-for-maharashtra/articleshow/68404049.cms">Lok Sabha elections 2019: Polling date for Maharashtra</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/politics/how-many-lok-sabha-seats-in-maharashtra/articleshow/68517364.cms">Lok Sabha Election 2019: Total seats in Maharashtra</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/Lok-Sabha-Election-2019-Candidate-List-for-Maharashtra/articleshow/68631820.cms">Lok Sabha Election 2019 Candidate List for Maharashtra</a>

Goa Candidate list for Lok Sabha Election 2019

<table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;">GOA </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;">Leads 2/2 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;">BJP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;">1 </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;">INC </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.7470705000000001pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt;">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> BJP candidate, Shripad Yesso Naik, is seen leading in North Goa while Congress' candidate, Cosme Francisco Caitano Sardinha, is racing ahead in South Goa. Congress' win in the constituency means that BJP will be losing Panaji, the assembly constituency that belonged to the late BJP MP, Manoj Parrikar. Times Now VMR and C-Voter exit polls predicted that Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win one seat each — North Goa and South Goa — while India Today My Axis expects a repeat of the 2014 Lok Sabha Election with a landslide victory for the BJP in both constituencies. <ul><li>The election results in Goa will be a close call between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress.</li><li>The vote share predictions across exit polls vary between the parties winning one constituency each or a landslide victory for the BJP.</li><li>Congress has hit back saying that exit polls don’t account for the ‘silent voter’ and should be banned altogether.</li><li>BJP claims that the exit polls are a sign of voter confidence in India’s incumbent Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.</li></ul>Goa could have been anybody’s game as <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/goa-exit-poll-2019-of-lok-sabha-elections/articleshow/69399333.cms">every exit poll has a different opinion</a> on how the vote share is going to swing during the Lok Sabha Election for the state. Trajana D’Mello, the Goa Congress spokesperson, asserted that exit polls don’t account for ‘silent voters’ in response to the exit polls that predicted a win for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). 
 
 <div type="ExtQuote" text="The silent voter does not speak to the pollsters. It is the silent voters' voice which will change the results predicted by the exit polls in our favour." auname="Goa Congress spokesperson, Trajana D’Mello, told IANS"></div>





 The Congress leader in Goa, Chandrakant Kavlekar, even demanded a ban on exit polls altogether as they ‘willfully misguided voters’. 
 
 <div type="ExtQuote" text="Some exit polls, that fail over and over again, are used to misguide people. May be they want to plant a doubt in people's minds. Exit polls need to be based on facts." auname="Goa Congress leader, Chandrakan Kavlekar, at a press conference in Goa"></div>





 BJP’s Goa President Vinay Tendulkar, on the other hand, stated that exit polls which predicted a win for the NDA were a sign of voter confidence in India’s incumbent Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. 
 
 <div type="ExtQuote" text="This is a vote for Modiji's leadership. He has made India and Indians proud of themselves and the exit poll predictions are an indication of how the voters appreciate this." auname="BJP Goa President, Vinay Tendulkar, at a press conference in Goa after exit polls were announced."></div>





 Digging into BJP’s comeback In North Goa, the competition is between BJP’s incumbent Pad Yasso Naik versus Congress’ Girish Chodankar and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s Pradeep Padgaonkar. In South Goa, BJP’s Narendra Keshav Sawaikar is looking for second terms while fielding off Francisco Sardinha from Congress and Elvis Gomes from AAP. The biggest threat to BJP’s comeback is the state’s mining issue. The Indian Supreme Court has had to shut down many mines over the past five years owing to the environmental endangerment. Jobs and production have come to a stand still as the mining industry and the Indian government have been locked in a stalemate on the issue. <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/in-goa-the-mining-ban-weighs-heavily-on-elections/article26888384.ece">Goan mining lobbies</a> aren’t happy and suspect that the BJP isn’t reinstating mining rights because it wants to sell the resources to larger companies like Jindal or Adani; harshly affecting the income of around 300,000 people in the state. The North Goa Congress candidate, Girish Chodankar, is promising to bring about sustainable mining so that livelihoods aren’t affected by any bans on mining. Narendra Sawaikar, the incumbent BJP candidate from South Goa, has an opposing opinion that the people in the mining belts will stand by the party. The recent drop in revenue — <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/tourism-slump-in-goa-a-key-issue-in-ls-polls-stakeholders-119040800633_1.html">as much as</a> 40% — from the tourism industry doesn’t play in BJP’s favour either. Both industries are the primary sources of employment in the state.

Goa Lok Sabha Election Result 2019: BJP winning Lok Sabha seats but losing Parrikar's assembly seat in Panaji

This tiny emerald land and the most popular tourist destination in the country is the 25th state of the democracy. Located in the western coast of India, Goa has two electoral constituencies for the Lok Sabha. Hence it can elect 2 MPs from the state for the parliament. As per the election commission’s notification, the state goes for polling on April 23 when the country will see its third phase of elections. Names of Lok Sabha constituencies in Goa The name of the two Lok Sabha electoral constituencies in Goa are North Goa and South Goa. The present status of constituencies in Goa After winning from all the constituencies in the state of Goa in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is holding both the parliamentary seats here. In 2009 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP could win only one seat from here. The forecasts are favorable to BJP and Congress this time and we can expect both of them to win one seat each from the state. We need to wait till May 23 to see how the actual results turn out. Meanwhile, the election campaign is happening fervently here by all the parties contesting here to grab the available seats. Checkout BJP and Congress Candidate List <table style="border-width: initial; border-style: none;"></colgroup><tbody><tr><td style="border-left:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-right:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Goa </td><td style="border-left:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-right:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-right:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-right:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-right:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td><td style="border-left:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-right:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #cccccc 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;"> </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Constituency </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Current MP </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Polling Date </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Counting Date </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">BJP Candidate Names </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Congress Candidate Names </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">North Goa </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Pad Yasso Naik (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Apr-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">May-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Pad Yesso Naik </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Girish Chodankar </td></tr><tr><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">South Goa </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Narendra Keshav Sawaikar (BJP) </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Apr-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">May-23 </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Adv. Narendra Keshav Sawaikar </td><td style="border-left:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-right:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-bottom:solid #000000 0.75pt;border-top:solid #000000 0.75pt;vertical-align:bottom;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;">Francisco Sardinha </td></tr></tbody></table>

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Date for Goa

<ul><li>Polling for 2 seats in the Indian state of <keyword id="826" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Goa">Goa</keyword> - North Goa and South Goa - gets underway today. </li><li>The <keyword id="1575" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Congress">Congress</keyword> is pinning its hopes on resentment against the state’s ruling party, the <keyword id="58687" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharatiya-Janata-Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</keyword>, for the latter’s inability to resolve a <keyword id="6355267" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="mining">mining</keyword> crisis. </li><li>In March 2018, iron ore mining operations in Goa were abruptly suspended after the Supreme Court decided not to renew 88 mining leases after a technical review of the government’s lease renewal process.</li></ul>Goa has become popular as India’s beach and party destination. Hence, as a state that is so dependent on tourism as a source of revenue, it is likely reeling from restrictions imposed by the Election Commission in the build-up to polling. These include a blanket ban on the sale of alcohol after 10 PM and music in open-air premises. However, that’s not the biggest issue that will be on voters’ minds. As polling for 2 seats in the Indian state of Goa - North Goa and South Goa - gets underway today, the Congress is pinning its hopes on resentment against the state’s ruling party, the Bharatiya Janata Party, for the latter’s inability to resolve a mining crisis despite being in power at both the centre and the state. The BJP famously secured control of the Goa in 2017, despite not having a majority, by allying with local parties against the Congress. In March 2018, iron ore mining operations in Goa <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/mining-crisis-tests-under-fire-goa-government/articleshow/63381003.cms">were abruptly suspended </a>after the Supreme Court decided not to renew 88 mining leases after a technical review of the government’s lease renewal process. The Supreme Court felt that the leases had been renewed in haste and without taking into consideration a number of issues such as environmental impact. It’s order effectively shut down mining activity in the state. The ban has had a cascading effect on the economy. Mining reportedly contributes <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/mining-crisis-tests-under-fire-goa-government/articleshow/63381003.cms">20% of the state’s revenues</a> directly, in addition to indirectly supplementing the transportation and logistics sectors. It has also exacerbated the state’s unemployment problem. At the end of 2015-16, the unemployment rate in Goa <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/parrikar-revives-jobless-dole-proposes-rs-3000/month-aid/articleshow/63050523.cms">was touching 10%,</a> a figure that has likely gone up significantly since the ban. Around <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/in-goa-the-mining-ban-weighs-heavily-on-elections/article26888384.ece">300,000 people</a> in the state are said to be dependent on mining as a source of their livelihoods, according to Girish Chodankar, the Congress candidate for the North Goa <keyword id="6355187" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="lok-sabha">Lok Sabha</keyword> seat, - roughly <a href="http://www.goastat.com/">a fifth </a>of the state’s population. In the aftermath of the closure, the BJP had promised to enable the commencement of mining operations but has so far been unable to extend these leases, having reportedly tried multiple options such as amending <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/economy/a-year-after-sc-ban-no-solution-in-sight-for-goa-mining-impasse-3549611.html">the Abolitions &amp; Declaration of Mining Leases Act.</a> Its efforts have likely been hindered by the sickness and eventual death of the state’s chief minister, <keyword id="6363133" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="manohar-parrikar">Manohar Parrikar</keyword>, in March 2019. Over the course of his campaign, Parrikar’s successor, Pramod Sawant, has promised a solution for the mining crisis <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/mining-solution-in-six-months-cm-pramod-sawant/articleshow/68948554.cms">within six months </a>of elections. Even BJP leaders <a href="https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/modi-promises-to-resolve-goa-iron-ore-mining-crisis-119041001292_1.html">Narendra Modi </a>and <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/articles/elections-2019-bjp-committed-to-resolving-goa-mining-crisis-says-suresh-prabhu/20755175">Suresh Prabhu</a>, the commerce and industry minister, have promised an end to the crisis. At an alection rally in the state capital, Panaji, Modi declared "I will leave no stone unturned vis-a-vis resolving this issue. We will definitely work whole-heartedly to remove the obstacles in the way of mining resumption”. Modi’s statement was in response to a three-day protest by the state’s mining workers, represented by the Goa Mining People’s Front (GMPF), in New Delhi. The case was originally scheduled to be heard in the Supreme Court again on April 15th but was subsequently delayed indefinitely. In a move that could also tilt the vote in favour of the Congress, the opposition party also has the <a href="https://scroll.in/latest/919926/goa-maharashtrawadi-gomantak-party-says-it-will-withdraw-support-to-bjp-led-coalition-government">support of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP)</a>, the BJP’s former ally, in the Lok Sabha elections. “This election, the anger of the mining community will decide the fate of the politicians,” Puti Gaonkar, the President of the GMPF, told <a href="https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/in-goa-the-mining-ban-weighs-heavily-on-elections/article26888384.ece">the Hindu </a>yesterday. He further added that the BJP was in favour of prolonging the ban in order to auction the leases to big corporations like Jindal Steel and Adani. In February 2019, Gaonkar also told <a href="https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/congress-would-have-resolved-goa-mining-crisis-feels-gmpf-3504391.html">the Press Trust of India</a> that the Congress would have resolved the mining crisis had it been in power. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/a-big-fat-wedding-in-goa-gets-a-rap-from-indias-election-commission/articleshow/68825024.cms">A big fat wedding in Goa gets a rap from India's election commission</a>

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