MAPUSA

With barely eighteen months to go for the 2027 Assembly elections, Goa’s political temperature is already rising – unsurprising in a State where alliances shift quickly and political signalling begins long before official campaigning does.

The latest flashpoint has emerged from Mapusa, where Goa Forward Party (GFP) chief Vijai Sardesai has reopened an old political chapter even as new electoral contests loom.

Sardesai, attempting to consolidate a united anti-BJP front and revive GFP’s relevance, has alleged that he was the key architect behind Joshua D’Souza receiving the BJP ticket for the 2019 Mapusa by-election following the demise of Francis D’Souza.

According to him, the BJP’s local leadership, including the then chief minister and its core committee, were reluctant to fiel

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