Shah coming today, expected to fine-tune poll strategy

The scheduled arrival of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday amidst the frenzied backhand activity as Goa enters the pre-poll phase is expected to tighten the nuts and bolts of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) election armour even as speculation is rife over alliance talks with MGP's Sudin Dhavlikar.

Shah is coming on an official visit -- to lay the foundation stone for a forensic college -- but it is a given that he will hold deliberations with the BJP core committee and party MLAs to fine tune the strategy for the 2022 assembly elections.

Incidentally, former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra

Fadnavis, who was a few weeks ago appointed the BJP's election in-charge for Goa, also arrived in the State on Wednesday. And so has the saffron party's Goa desk in-charge, C T Ravi, and the duo have held hectic parleys

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to prepare the pitch for Shah’s meetings with various party leaders and karyakartas.

“Union home minister Amit Shah is attending a government function in Goa. But since he is in the state, he will hold discussions with leaders, karyakartas and party MLAs to access the preparation for 2022 assembly polls,” Fadnavis said.

To a question whether he has broached talks over alliance with MGP leader, Sudhin Dhavlikar, he said no such discussions have taken place. “When we have not met where is the question of holding talks on alliance,” he snapped.

State BJP President, Sadanand Tanavde informed that the union home minister will preside over a karyakartas sammelan at the Community hall in Taleigao and later hold discussions with BJP’s core committee and MLAs on election preparedness.

Tanavde said the decision on alliances will be taken by the BJP’s central parliamentary board.

“I cannot make any statement on alliance. Our central observers and the parliamentary board will decide,” Tanavde maintained.