*Historical day for Goa TMC as over 40 prominent grassroots leaders join party in a single day*
More than 40 members including former members of Indian National Congress and Aam Aadmi Party joined the Goa Trinamool Congress in the presence of AITC Chairperson Smt Mamata Banerjee and AITC General Secretary Shri Abhishek Banerjee at Dona Paula on December 13.
Some of the most prominent persons to join the TMC family are:-
*Jose R Cabral (Raju), former INC leader*
*Samil Volvoikar, former INC leader*
*Rajesh D Naik, panch member and former Sarpanch*
*Julio Heredia, former panch member*
*Nicholas Raposao, former panch member*
*Mohan Priolkar, former panch member*
*Former INC Block Committee members from Cumbarjua; Shailesh Gauns, Krishnanath Gauns, Manuel, Gomes, Albin Sequira, Sandip Kerkar, Tatu Gauns, Sanjiv Naik, Milind Tari, and Krishna Kopulla*
*Tanvir Avti, Youth Leader*
*Martha Saldanha, former AICC member, 6-time panch, 4-time sarpanch*
*Shashank Desai, former Chairperson of Cuncolim Municipal Council*
*Nilesh Navelkar, former councillor, Mormugao Municipal Council*
*Rama Kankonkar, former AAP candidate and social activist*
*Sanjay Dattatrey, former INC leader and RTI activist*
*Navdeep Phaldesai, former INC and NSUI leader*
*Pooja Joshilkar, National hockey player*
*Elahi Shaikh, former AAP Spokesperson*
*Abdul Kadeer Shaikh, former AAP leader*
*Social workers Prisco Sequeira, Sham Chari, Datta Velip, Gourish Veilip and Pradeep Gaonkar*