---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stephen Dias <[email protected]> Date: 8 October 2014 02:30 Subject: IT IS PROVED THAT NT WAS RIGHT FOR EARLIER NEWS AND HERALD WAS WRONG OF JOHN REMOVAL NEWS
Luizinho formally named GPCC chief - Luizinho Faleiro, Senior Congress leader I would like to invite all likeminded people of the state to come together and work together for the unity and pristine glory of Goa,” Appointment proves NT right NT NETWORK PANAJI: The Congress high command has finally named Luizinho Faleiro, senior Congress leader from the state and the All India Congress Committee general secretary in-charge of northeastern states, as the new president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee. According to highly placed sources, Faleiro was personally requested by Congress president Sonia Gandhi to take charge of the party affairs in Goa on Tuesday. He would replace John Fernandes, whose removal was ordered late in August. Faleiro confirmed his appointment to The Navhind Times and said that he was invited by Gandhi to head the Congress party in the state and that he has accepted the offer in all humility, adding that he would work hard to rebuild the party. He thanked Gandhi for reposing faith in him. The Navhind Times had on August 27, this year, reported the selection of Faleiro by the Congress high command to succeed Fernandes, a few days after it decided to sack Fernandes. Formal appointment was, however, delayed as Faleiro had to deal with various issues relating to northeastern states, including selection of candidates to contest the October 15 by-election. Top sources in the AICC said that formal announcement of appointing Faleiro as GPCC has already been made by the high command. They also said that Faleiro was also told to continue as in-charge of northeastern states, but he has told the high command that he would stick to one job only. Faleiro, who is in New Delhi, said that he was taking over the reins of the party during highly trying times. He is expected to take charge of his post later this week. “I would like to invite all likeminded people of the state to come together and work together for the unity and pristine glory of Goa,” he stated. Stating that Goa was fast losing its identity as people were migrating out of the state apparently because they have lost faith in the government, he said that he would like to build the party into a strong force that would work towards building better and strong Goa. Faleiro, a former GPCC president and state chief minister, was first named as permanent invitee of Congress Working Committee and given charge of a few northeastern states. When he proved his mettle, more states were brought under his charge. He was also tasked with the selection of the Congress candidates for the last assembly elections of Karnataka and most of them were elected thus bringing the party back to the power in the state. He was also instrumental in selecting right candidates for parliamentary elections in various states under his charge. gpcc: P8
