PM Narendra Modi To Visit Goa on December 19, To Participate in the State’s 60th Liberation Day
Ahead of the 2022 assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on December 19 to participate in the closing ceremony of State's 60th Liberation Day, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday.
Panaji, December 8: Ahead of the 2022 assembly polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on December 19 to participate in the closing ceremony of State's 60th Liberation Day, said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday.
Goa Liberation Day is observed on December 19 every year. It commemorates the freeing of Goa from Portuguese rule by the Indian Armed Forces in December 1961 and the complete independence of the Indian subcontinent. Also Read | Mumbai: Teen Falls To Death While Taking Selfie From Second Floor Of Partially Demolished Building.
It marks the day Indian armed forces freed Goa in 1961 following 450 years of Portuguese rule. While India gained independence on August 15, 1947, Goa was still mouldering under Portuguese rule. Also Read | IAF Mi-17V5 Helicopter Crash: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Briefs PM Narendra Modi After Chopper Ferrying CDS General Bipin Rawat Crashes in Tamil Nadu.
The assembly polls are also in Goa in early 2022. Goa Assembly has a strength of 40 members out of which BJP currently has 17 legislators and enjoys the support of legislators from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Vijay Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), and three independents. GFP and MGP each have three MLAs. Congress, on the other hand, has 15 MLAs in the House.
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