-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goanetters annual meet in Goa is scheduled for Dec 27, 2005 @ 4pm | | | | Watch this space for more details | | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- With the High Court pronouncing the verdict today 21st December 2005 on the disqualification petition of Shri Filipe Neri Rodrigues MLA Velim, the twelfth Cabinet berth is likely to be filled in before the year end.
The present Cabinet strenght is 11 (including two of NCP and i of MGP) excluding the Parliamentary Secretary. Under the amended format Goa is entitled to 12 Cabinet Ministers. Shri. Pratapsingh Rane Chief Minister Dr. Wilfred De Souza Dy. Chief Minister (NCP) Shri. Luizinho Faleiro Shri. Digambar Kamat Shri. Dayanand Narvekar Shri. Ramkrishan Dhavlikar (MGP) Shri. Subhash Shirodkar Shri. Atanasio Monserrate Shri. Pandurang Madkaikar Shri. Joaquim Braz Alemao Shri. Francisco (Mikey) Pacheco (NCP) vacant Shri. Agnelo Fernandes Parliamentary Secretary (not considered in the twelve Cabinet Ministers ) In the present House the members of the Legislative Assembly qualified to vote are INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY (19) Shri. Pratapsingh Raoji Rane Poriem Shri. Ravi S. Naik Ponda Shri. Agnelo Fernandes Calangute Shri. Aleixo Sequeira Loutolim Shri. Atanasio Monserrate Taleigao Shri. Chandrakant R. Kawlekar Quepem Shri. Dayanand Narvekar Aldona Shri. Digambar Kamat Margao Shri. Francisco Sardinha Curtorim Shri. Francisco Silveira St. Andre Shri. Giovanni Karl Vaz Mormugao Shri. Harish N. P. Zantye Mayem Shri. Jeetendra Deshprabhu Pernem Shri. Joaquim Braz Alemao Cuncolim Shri. Luizinho Faleiro Navelim Shri. Pandurang Madkaikar Cumbarjua Shri. Subash Shirodkar Shiroda Smt. Victoria R. Fernandes St. Cruz Mr Filipe Neri Rodrigues Velim ******************************* Nationalist Congress Party (2) Dr. Wilfred de Souza Saligao Shri. Francisco X. (Micky) Pacheco Benaulim ********************************** Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (1) Shri. Ramkrishana Dhavlikar Madkai **************************** Bharatiya Janata Party (15) + ( ### 2 not eliglible to vote) Shri. Manohar Parrikar Panjim Shri. Damodar (Damu) G. Naik Fatorda Shri. Dayanand Mandrekar Siolim Shri. Francisco DSouza Mapusa Shri. Laximikant Y. Parsekar Mandrem Shri. Manohar Azgaonkar Dhargalim Shri. Narahari Haldankar Valpoi Shri. Rajendra Arlekar ##### Vasco Shri. Rajesh Patnekar Bicholim Shri. Ramesh Tawadkar Poinguinim Shri. Ramrao G. Dessai Curchorem Shri. Sadanand Mhalu Shet Tanawade ##### Tivim Dr. Suresh Amonkar Pale Shri. Vasudeo M. Gaonkar Sanguem Shri Vijay A. Pai Khot Canacona Shri. Vinay Tendulkar Sanvordem Shri. Vishwas Satarkar Priol ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ United Goans Party (1) ### not eligible to vote Mr Mathany Saldanha matter subjudiced Cortalim Thus with an effective strenght of 37 MLA's in the House the INC has a majority 19 of its own. In this situation the NCP and MGP presently supporting the Government and in the Cabinet may be sidelined. As it is the NCP Mr Pacheco has been blowing hot and cold over inaction over his files and to add to his misery there is an issue of bigamy being now probed by the Director General of Police following a complaint filed by Mr Pacheco's first wife against him for not agreeing to a divorce on the alleged grounds of his acquiring a second wife. The BJP with 15 MLAs and two without the power to vote is at its lowest ebb following the prospects of imminent imprisonment of Mr Sadanand Shet Tanawade implicated in the forgery of the document which was the vital issue in the disqualification case of Mr Rodrigues. Though the BJP has pursued the issue of a stay which was summarily rejected the BJP could well move the SC on the issue. Incidentally 27th December, 2005 is an important day too. The Ponda MLA and GPCC President Mr Ravi Sitaram Naik wpuld well like to see himself in the CM's chair now that a grand marriage ceremony of his son on 27th December, 2005 is on the anvil. For the INC too that is a day of reckoning for the Karnataka Zilla Parishad and Taluka Panchayat election results will be out and the Congress may prefer to go in for a fresh poll in Karnataka to spite its present coalition partner Mr Deve Gowda ex PM and Janata Dal (S). It is in this context that there is a feeling that Goa may go in for a midterm poll if the dissidence within the Congress raises its ugly head. As it is the likes of the Madkaikars the Monserrates and others have not taken too kindly over Mr Ranes functioning and there is another lot demanding the head of Mr Parrikar by demanding for a CBI enquiry into the IFFI 2004. But clearly any move on this score will only strenghten Mr Parrikar as it is a known fact that there is a strong resentment over the non performance of the INC since that fateful day of 27.1.2005 when the BJP led coalition buckled down under its own weight. GODFREY J I GONSALVES BORDA MARGAO GOA Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Goa - 2005 Santosh Trophy Champions | | | | Support Soccer Activities at the grassroots in our villages | | Vacationing in Goa this year-end - Carry and distribute Soccer Balls | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
