Former chief minister of Goa Luizinho Faleiro \u2013 who recently joined Trinamool Congress \u2013 has been nominated as the party\u2019s Rajya Sabha MP candidate. Trinamool Congress took to Twitter to announce this. \u201cWe are extremely pleased to nominate @luizinhofaleiro to the Upper House of the Parliament. We are confident that his efforts towards serving the nation shall be appreciated widely by our people!\u201d<\/p>\n
Faleiro is a national vice-president of the Trinamool Congress. Faleiro \u2013 who was with the Congress for 40 years \u2013 recently joined Mamata Banerjee\u2019s party, in September. The Trinamool Congress is fielding candidates in Goa for the coming Assembly polls and has already geared up for the Goa electoral battle.<\/p>\n
Its campaign for the 2022 polls in Goa, \u2018Goenchi Navi Sakal\u2019 (Goa\u2019s New Dawn), and has leaders such as Derek O\u2019Brien, Babul Supriyo and Sougata Roy frequently visiting the state to strengthen the organisation. Recently, tennis star Leander Paes, too, joined the Trinamool Congress in Goa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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