Goa: Crisis for NCP, as Pacheco refuses to work under Jose Philip

The crises in the Nationalist Congress Party in Goa are refusing to die down and instead deepened with its MLA, Francisco Xavier Pacheco's refusing to work under NCP state President Jose Philip D'Souza. The Benaulim NCP MLA, Francisco Xavier Pacheco's refusal to work under NCP president and Vasco MLA Joseph Philip D'Souza and also not to take up the offer of party presidentship have complicated matters for NCP leaders in Goa. The NCP general secretary and party's Goa region observer Prakash Binsale has come down to Goa to take stock of the incident, which took place a few days before the civic polls. NCP General Secretary Prakash Bhinsale held one by one marathon meetings with Goa Unit President Jose Philip D’Souza and party legislator Fransisco (Mickey) Pacheco, who clashed with each other on October 23.

After his meeting with Mr. Binsale, Mr. Pacheco said that he could not work under the leadership of Jose Philip, after the latter raised his hand on him in public. 'I can't work under leadership of Jose who raised hand on me in public with the help of goons' Mickky has said. Responding to a journalists query whether he was willing to take up the party president's post if offered to him, Mr. Pacheco expressed his unwillingness to take over the state presidentship of the nationalist congress party. ' I am not willing to take Pressidentship there are other senior leaders' Mickky added Mr. Pacheco said that he made his stand clear to the party high command that they should punish the guilty. He said he had not made any demands to the party high command.

Two senior leaders were involved in a public spat in the port town of Vasco in Goa. Mickky has complained of assault by Jose and his supporters while Jose alleged that Mickky entered his terrain to bribe his voter's days before civic polls. D’Souza on Tuesday had offered to resign as a party chief stating that he would like Pacheco to take over the post.