Shiv Sena and NCP join hands in Goa

The Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) announced on Wednesday that they have formed an alliance to contest the Assembly elections in Goa. The announcement was made at a press conference during the day, held by NCP leaders Praful Patel, Jitendra Awhad, and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in Goa.

Panaji: The Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) announced on Wednesday that they have formed an alliance to contest the Assembly elections in Goa. The announcement was made at a press conference during the day, held by NCP leaders Praful Patel, Jitendra Awhad, and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in Goa.

Speaking to reporters Raut said that "if Utpal Parrikar-the elder son of late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar-decides to contest the polls as an Independent candidate then we will support him."

Raut also said "it's Congress's misfortune that they didn't form an alliance with us. We will show the power of the Shiv Sena-NCP alliance in the upcoming Goa Assembly elections." He also said that the Shiv Sena-NCP alliance will come to power in Goa.

"In Maharashtra, the Congress is in power with us. But because of the stubbornness of the Congress in Goa, we have to fight against them. Our fight will be in a democratic way. We will not see which party is in front of us in Goa," said Patel.

The Assembly elections in Goa will be held on February 14 and results will be declared on March 10.