Major reshuffle in Congress’s Goa unit on anvil

PANAJI: With the state assembly elections just eight months away, Congress finally appears to be shaking off its slumber.
Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao is expected to visit the state in the coming week ahead of an organisational shake-up within the state Congress unit.
Rao is expected to hold meetings in each of the 40 constituencies to take stock of the party’s presence at the grassroots level.
Congress insiders suggest that a “major reshuffle” is expected based on a “performance-based audit” of the party office-bearers. “AICC in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao will be arriving in Goa next week and will tour the entire state, holding meetings with Congress block committees in all 40 constituencies. These meetings will follow a major reshuffle in the party,” said opposition leader Digambar Kamat.
Rao held a virtual meeting with the state co-ordination committee, which was constituted in January this year to increase the party’s membership. State party president Girish Chodankar, Kamat, chairman of the co-ordination committee Ramakant Khalap, co-chairman of the co-ordination committee MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha, Alexio Sequeira and other members were present for the deliberations.
“The AICC incharge has given directions to all the five MLAs, GPCC office-bearers to come down on the field and develop a direct connect with the people. He has also categorically stated that a performance based audit will be done of all the party office bearers and only those who are active shall be promoted whereas the non-performing members will be given some other task in the party,” said Kamat.
The review will lead to a revamp at the block level, district and state level with re-constitution of the committees. There will be review of the district committees as well as the frontal organisations and necessary changes will be done wherever required. Rao reportedly said that the Congress party is focusing on all the forty constituencies and will work hard to win the trust of the voters ahead of the coming polls.