Congress Didn't Respond To Goa Pre-Poll Alliance Plan, Says Shiv Sena
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Sanjay Raut said although Shiv Sena had presented a proposal to Congress to form a pre-poll alliance along with NCP and GFP, the Congress did not respond to its plan.
Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Friday said that he agrees to the view expressed by the Trinamool Congress that the Congress should be held responsible if the BJP wins the next month's Goa Assembly elections and continues to occupy power in the state.
He said that although the Sena had presented a proposal to the Congress to form a pre-poll alliance along with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Goa Forward Party (GFP), the grand old party did not respond to its plan.
Mr Raut was talking to reporters after announcing the party's first list of nine candidates for the February 14 assembly elections, which it will be jointly contesting with the Sharad Pawar-led NCP. Goa has a total of 40 assembly seats.
Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee had on Thursday said that if the Congress fails to dislodge the BJP from power in Goa, the Congress' state in-charge P Chidambaram should take the responsibility and resign. He said the Trinamool had approached Mr Chidambaram with a formal offer for pre-poll alliance, but nothing happened in that direction.
