Panaji: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will arrive in Goa for a daylong visit on October 30 wherein he will address Congress workers and also interact with fishermen and mining dependants.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar told media persons in Panaji that Gandhi is scheduled to meet fisherfolk affected by railway double-tracking project at Velsao in South Goa. He will also meet people affected by mining closure at the International Centre Goa at Dona Paula.
Chodankar informed that later in the day Gandhi will address Congress workers’ convention ‘Jagor’ at the Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee indoor stadium at Taleigao Plateau and at the same venue, he will be holding a closed-door meeting with senior local leaders of the party.
Aleixo Sequeira informed that senior Goa Congress leaders met Rahul Gandhi in Delhi on Tuesday to chalk out election strategies for the 2022 Goa assembly polls.
“The purpose of the trip was primarily to discuss Mr Gandhi’s visit to Goa. We also discussed the strategies for the forthcoming elections wherein we put across our views. We had diverse views on certain issues. On certain issues, we spoke in one voice and he (Rahul Gandhi) decided that he will communicate our views to the AICC president Smt Sonia Gandhi ji and get back to us in the next couple of days,” he said.
Sequeira further said that the Congress party has not started talks on pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward Party or any other party in the state.
“Until Delhi is clear on the stand, we should take we cannot approach anybody. Once we are clear from Delhi what is going to be… that is part of the strategy…then we can approach those parties,” he added.
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