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The Trinammol Congress Party (TMC), which was unknown to many in
The TMC has one cabinet minister and 6 Minister of states in the UPA government, they are – Dinesh Trivedi (Railways minister), Sultan Ahmed (Mos Tourism), Mukul Roy (MoS, Shipping), Sudip Bandopadhyay (MoS, health & Family welfare), Chowdhury Mohan Jatua (MoS, I&B), Saugata Roy (MoS, Urban Development) and Shishir Adhikary (MoS, Rural development).
It is the party’s power at the centre which is attracting more defectors from the Congress, who have been denied tickets rather than anything else.
Sources say, the TMC has promised funds for tourism in Mandrem, Rail head in Pernem and jobs in central government institutions in
On Thursday, the TMC announced three more candidates – Samir Salgaocar (Mandrem), Bandu Desai (Valpoi) and Pandurang Raut (Bicholim).
Party general secretary and MoS in UPA Mukul Roy, addressing a press conference said that several of the TMC national leaders would be in
“We will give an option to the Goan voters between the corruption and communalism,” he said adding “And we expect Goans to support us as all know the style of transparent functioning of our leader Mamta Banerjee.”
The TMC has already named 18 candidates and with the three names announced today the tally is come to 21.
The party, headed by Dr Wilfred D’Souza in
