Congress seeks united Opposition front for 2027 Goa polls, begins alliance talks with AAP, RGP

Notably, the Congress has opened formal alliance discussions with the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) to build a united front ahead of the 2027 Goa Assembly elections.

Key points

• While the Congress bagged 11, in the 2022 Goa assembly polls, the BJP won 20 of the 40 seats.
• According to Chodankar, goa AAP chief Valmiki Naik and RGP president Viresh Borkar have shown positive signs of allying with the Congress.
• It had allied with the Congress during the 2022 state polls, stalled the negotiations, claiming they want to concentrate on all 40 constituencies in the coastal state.
• He asserted that the Congress is additionally willing to go ahead with a tie-up with the Goa Forward Party.
• The formal discussions of alliance will commence shortly, during which other details, including seat-sharing, could be discussed, he noted.

Talking to reporters, state Congress president Girish Chodankar confirmed positive preliminary discussions with AAP and RGP leaders, but observed that detailed seat-sharing negotiations will commence once the Goa Forward Party lifts its temporary suspension on alliance discussions.

As the principal Opposition party, the Congress has taken the initiative to bring like-minded parties together to fight the upcoming assembly polls as a united front, he remarked.

Meanwhile, the formal discussions of alliance will commence shortly, during which other details, including seat-sharing, could be discussed, he noted.

He asserted that the Congress is additionally willing to go ahead with a tie-up with the Goa Forward Party. It has temporarily suspended negotiations.

"We are waiting for the GFP to lift the suspension of talks, so that we can begin the discussion, " Chodankar remarked.

Earlier this month, the GFP. It had allied with the Congress during the 2022 state polls, stalled the negotiations, claiming they want to concentrate on all 40 constituencies in the coastal state.

While the Congress bagged 11, in the 2022 Goa assembly polls, the BJP won 20 of the 40 seats. GFP had won one seat back then.

In short, congress seeks united Opposition front for 2027 Goa polls, begins alliance talks is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.