'If NCP, Cong don't align, secular votes will split in Goa'
Panaji
16-September-2021
If the Congress does not decide to align with the Nationalist Congress Party for the upcoming 2022 Goa assembly polls, the "secular votes" in the state would be split, state NCP president Jose Phillip D'Souza said on Thursday, underlining the importance of an alliance between the two opposition parties.
"Alliance is very important because I do not want division of secular votes. If there is a division of secular votes, there will be a problem for everyone," D'Souza said.
The Congress earlier this month had brushed aside a "15 day ultimatum" served by the NCP national general secretary Praful Patel, who had given the Congress in Goa 15-days time to decide on an alliance between the two parties for the 2022 assembly polls. The 15-day deadline lapsed on September 15, with the Congress refusing to commit itself to any alliance talks with the NCP.
D'Souza also said that the Congress should not take the NCP lightly, adding that his party was in touch with other regional political parties over the possibility of forming an alliance.
"NCP is talking to other parties. We are in touch with everyone, but a decision (on the alliance) will be taken by the party high command," D'Souza said.
The NCP currently have only one MLA in the 40-member Goa legislative assembly - IANS
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