Panaji: Congress on Monday appointed former Finance Minister Union P Chidambaram as a senior election observer for Goa.
Rajya Sabha MP will also oversee the party selection strategy for Goa, and direct the deliberation of all possible alliances.
AICC General Secretary KC Venugopal Informed State Party President Girish Chodankar about the appointment of Chidambaram, and many Congress workers said that the promise of a high meeting showed the seriousness that his national president Sonia Gandhi, and former President Rahul Gandhi had been attached to the Goa 2022 elections.
Chidambaram has been appointed to “oversee the election strategy and coordination for the upcoming assembly selection in the state,” Venugopal said in order.
The general election of the 40 members of the Goa legislature will mature in February next year, but parties do not rule out the early elections in the state.
The appointment of the leader of the Senior Congress P Chidambaram as a senior election observer for Goa was a big boost for Congress in Goa to emerge as the election of upcoming assembly.
The experience and guidance will help motivate congressional officials to achieve victory in 2022, “said opposition leader drawn for Kamat.
Kamat said that the appointment of Chidambaram showed the importance of the command of the High Congress was attached to the cave.
In the 2017 Goa poll, Congress appeared as the largest single party, But it failed to form the government due to poor coordination between the elected MLA, Secretary General AICC, responsible Goa, and the leadership of the Congress Center.
The BJP won the initiative and falsifying the Alliance with the Forward Goa Party, MGP and MLAS Independent to form the government.
“Chidambaram is a leader Very senior congress who has been appointed to oversee the election of upcoming assembly.
He will come here, studying this problem and he will give feedback, “said Navelim MLA and former Minister of Main Luizinho Faleiro.
Interestingly, the appointment of Chidambaram came even when doubt continued on the role of Dinesh Gundu Rao Desh Gundu Rao.
According to Congress Officials, Rao Asked to cancel his official promise in Goa and return to Bengaluru, and since then, there is speculation that Rao will be replaced.
There is a buzz that the former Opposition leader Kerala Ramesh Chennital can replace Rao.
Doubts on the table are responsible, along with uncertainty about the continuity of Chodankar, Has created a vacuum in Goa.
“There was a lot of requests to eliminate the party’s head, and they might have decided that on behalf of ‘election selection’ to send Chidambaram,” said a senior Congress official.