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The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday cancelled the notification to hold the Ponda assembly bypoll on April 9 morning on a petition challenging the Election Commission of India's (ECI) move to hold the poll when the current assembly has less than a year left in its term. The term of the current Goa assembly ends on March 14, 2027. The ECI had notified voting for April 9, and counting on May 4. "Considering that the remainder of the period left for the person who might have been elected in ...Read More >
Panaji, Apr 9 (PTI) The cancellation of the Ponda assembly bypoll in Goa was due to a "political conspiracy" between the Election Commission of India and BJP, the Aam Aadmi Party alleged on Thursday. The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed the ECI's notification for the bypoll a day ahead of polling, citing violation of Representation of the People Act as the legislature's term is set to expire in less than a year. The bypoll, scheduled for Thursday, was cancelled even though postal ballots ...Read More >
Panaji, April 8 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday abruptly scrapped the entire process of the bye-election to Goa's 21-Ponda Assembly Constituency, just a day before polling was scheduled. The Commission issued a fresh notification formally rescinding its earlier order of March 16, 2026, after the Bombay High Court at Goa declared that notification "null and void". The bye-election had been called to fill the vacancy caused by the death of sitting MLA Ravi Nai ...Read More >
Panaji, Apr 8 (PTI) The Bombay High Court on Wednesday quashed the Election Commission of India's notification for the byelection to Ponda assembly seat in Goa a day ahead of polling, citing violation of the Representation of the People Act as the legislature's term is set to expire in less than a year. Thursday's election was thus cancelled even though postal ballots had already been cast, as the high court also refused to stay its judgement. While the ruling BJP termed the decision as shocki ...Read More >
Ponda: Citing some examples of winning candidates at the parliamentary and recent zilla panchayat elections, power minister Ramkrishna Sudin Dhavalikar said no one can defeat a candidate where there is an alliance between his Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He was referring to the upcoming Ponda assembly seat bypolls. He said the BJP-led govt in Goa has 13 alliance MLAs and "no one can raise their heads in these constituencies".While Ritesh Naik, late P ...Read More >
Panaji, Apr 1 (PTI) AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday alleged the BJP and the entire state machinery in Goa are trying to protect the party councillor's son, who was arrested for allegedly raping several girls and circulating their obscene videos. Addressing a public meeting in the run-up to the assembly bypoll in Ponda constituency, Kejriwal said the son of the BJP councillor in Curchorem was involved in "exploiting 30 minor girls". "The BJP is trying to protect the accused and his fath ...Read More >
Panaji, Mar 31 (PTI) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday sought the blessings of Padma Shri awardee Sadguru Brahmeshanand Swami at Tapobhoomi in North Goa. The former Delhi chief minister is in the coastal state to campaign for AAP candidate Geetesh Naik, who is contesting the Ponda assembly bypoll. Kejriwal, along with Delhi's Leader of Opposition Atishi, AAP Goa president Valmiki Naik, Geetesh Naik, and others, visited Tapobhoomi at Shree Datta Padmanabh Peeth in Kundaim ...Read More >
Panaji: Agriculture minister Ravi Naik, a two-time former chief minister, died early on Wednesday at 79. CM Pramod Sawant told TOI that Naik suffered a heart attack at home, and was shifted to a private hospital in Ponda, where he breathed his last. His body was then shifted to his Ponda residence, where people began streaming in to pay their last respects.He is survived by his wife, two sons, daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren. "A stalwart of Goan politics, his decades of dedicated servi ...Read More >
Margao: Following the death of Ponda MLA and agriculture minister Ravi Naik, Priol MLA and former minister Govind Gaude on Saturday suggested that Naik's son Ritesh be elected unopposed to fill the vacant seat. Gaude described this as a fitting tribute to the late politician's legacy and his numerous contributions to the state.Naik's passing has necessitated a bypoll in the Ponda constituency. Gaude emphasised the importance of honouring Naik's memory by ensuring a smooth transition and continu ...Read More >
Panaji: With the demise of agriculture minister Ravi Naik, political activity picked up pace in the state as MLAs covet the vacant cabinet berth, reports Murari Shetye.Ponda had four ministers when BJP formed govt in 2022 -- WRD minister Subhash Shirodkar, power minister Ramkrishna 'Sudin' Dhavalikar, former art and culture minister Govind Gaude and Naik. After Naik's death, the number of cabinet berths in Ponda taluka dropped to 50%.On June 18, CM Pramod Sawant dropped Gaude from his cabinet af ...Read More >
Ponda: Only once during the hour-long funeral ceremony of minister and former chief minister Ravi Naik did any mourner wail, albeit briefly. It was not because the hundreds who had gathered were not fond of Naik, but because they wanted to bid a farewell befitting his jovial persona.At the funeral held on the hillock in front of Naik's house, an exception was made. Speeches by CM Pramod Sawant, Union minister of state Shripad Naik and others preceded the last rites. Every time a speaker sang his ...Read More >
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