Team Herald
MAPUSA: Former leaders of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and Congress from Mandrem namely Santosh Mandrekar and Daniel D’Souza joined the Goa Trinamool Congress on Monday.
The duo was inducted into the party at the ceremony presided over by former Chief Minister Luizinho Faleiro, who recently joined the Goa Trinamool Congress in the presence of former minister of West Bengal Gautam Deb, Yatish Naik, Mario Pinto and Vijay Pai.
Renowned journalist Mandrekar was awarded the prestigious Dr Ambedkar Samaj Ratna Award for his contribution to the society. He contested on an NCP ticket in 2017 Assembly elections.
D’Souza is the former sarpanch of Arambol and ex-block president of Congress from Mandrem constituency.
D’Souza said, “We will try to convince the people to join TMC because we have seen the work of BJP and Congress for decades. What have they done in Mandrem constituency? Can they tell us how many jobs they have provided? They haven’t been able to find a solution to the basic water and road problems for the past 25 years. We have come to change this.”
Luizinho Faleiro said, “We will try to find out the problems of the people in each village, in every constituency. We will find out what are their aspirations. We have a battalion of people who know politics. We are going to work out the best vision for Goa.”
