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Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai wrote a letter to Amit Shah informing him that he was out of his party.
Panaji:
The Goa Forward Party pulled out of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) today, citing the “anti-cow policies” of the BJP-led state government.
However, the move of the Goa Forward Party, which has 3 MLAs in the 40-member Goa house, will not have any effect on the stability of the Pramod Sawant government in the state as the party led by Vijai Sardesai is not a ruling constituent.
The Goa Forward Party supported the NDA in 2017 to facilitate the formation of the then BJP-led state government led by Manohar Parrikar.
Thursday, 08 April 2021, 12:09
OSCE PA officials call on Russia to de-escalate and fully respect Ukraineâs territorial integrity
08.04.2021 09:36
Ukrinform
Amid reports of rapidly growing military deployments by the Russian Federation in and around Ukraine, senior OSCE Parliamentary Assembly officials warned of the risk of escalation and reaffirmed its full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
The relevant statement was posted on the OSCE website.
“We are deeply concerned by reports of provocative and destabilizing Russian actions in and around Ukraine that could lead to grave escalation of this ongoing conflict. While Russian aims are not fully clear, there should be no doubt that that the international community is watching closely. We urge the Kremlin to de-escalate, withdraw, and fully respect Ukraine’s territorial integrity, the statement reads.
Summary
In its annual progress report, the Monitoring Committee takes
stock of its activities since January 2020 and assesses the progress
made by the 11 countries under the Assembly’s full monitoring procedure,
and by the 3 countries engaged in a post monitoring dialogue, in
honouring their obligations and commitments to the Council of Europe.
It welcomes progress made and expresses concerns at setbacks and
addresses specific recommendations to the countries concerned.
In this reporting period, the committee prepared reports on
“The functioning of democratic institutions in Poland” on the basis
of which the Assembly opened a monitoring procedure with respect
of this country; on the “Challenge, on substantive grounds, of the
The report on the situation in Belarus, which is being prepared by the Committee on Political Affairs and Democracy in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is counterproductive and premature, the upper house of Russian parliament said on Friday, citing its first deputy chairman ..