Goa Forward Party
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Goa Forward Party
गोवा फॉरवर्ड |
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| Abbreviation | Goa Forward |
| Leader | Vijai Sardesai |
| President | Dr Renuka Da Silva |
| Founded | 25 January 2016 |
| Ideology | Regionalism |
| Alliance | NDA (since 2017) |
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Goa Forward Party (GFP) is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa, led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial, if controversial, role in the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the March 2017 election results in Goa. The party's motto is "Goem, Goemkar, Goemkarponn" (Goa, Goans and Goan ethos). The party was launched on 25 January 2016 and its symbol is the coconut.
The Goa Forward Party was launched on 25 January 2016 with Prabhakar Timble as its President, Dr. Renuka Da Silva as the Vice President and Mohandas Lolyekar as the state secretary of the party. The party was launched as an alternative to the national political parties and inclusive development while retaining Goemkarponn (Goan ethos). In a press conference held to announce the launching of the party, the Founder President Prabhakar Timble had stated that the party would be ready to ally with any other political parties except the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the initial days of its formation, the Goa Forward Party was a vocal critic of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its campaign for the Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was majorly based on the anti-BJP plank. To oust the BJP from power was among the party's main priorities when it was launched.
The first protest by the party along with other opposition parties was held on 27 January 2016 opposing cutting down of coconut trees to make way for the red category beer factory by Vani Agro Farms Private Ltd. at Amdai in Sanguem. The party later organised a protest march in the form of a Maad Yatra (Coconut tree march) to protest against the Goa Preservation of Trees (Amendment) Act, 2016 which was passed by the Goa Legislative Assembly.
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