Goa Politics: Is Pratima Coutinho on her way back to the Congress?

PANAJI: The energy and enthusiasm with which Goa Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) vice president Pratima Coutinho participated in the “murder of democracy” protests in Panaji, although, which without naming anyone were indirectly supporting her former boss and former Congress President Rahul Gandhi has set several tongues wagging in the coastal state.

A little birdie told us that Pratima bai will be contesting the Lok Sabha polls next year from South Goa and she clearly understands that she stands a better chance with the Congress than with the AAP and there are chances that she may be on her way back to the Congress. The South Goa votes will be divided 4 or 5 ways with the main contenders being the BJP-MGP combine, Congress, AAP, TMC and other one or two Independents.

We tried to contact Pratima Coutinho but she has not replied to us. We will update this story when she responds or gets back on this issue. However, sources also said that current South Goa Congress MP Francisco Sardinha may hang up his boots by February next year and may not be part of the Congress Lok Sabha election campaign. We are trying to contact Sardinha bab for his input and will run his article tomorrow or day after, so stay tuned.

Secretly, the Congress poll machine in Goa is trying to wean away the AAP and TMC leaders and break them up. Let’s see in which direction the winds blow as the Lok Sabha polls draw closer. This is a developing story and will be updated as more information comes in. Visit us again for more similar updates.