panaji the goa forward party gfp quit the national democratic alliance on tuesday saying that it is time to shake off the divisiveness and despair that the bjpled government has created in goain a letter to nda national chairperson amit shah the gfp president vijai sardesai said the nda had miserably failed to protect goas intereststhe decision to quit the nda was taken by the partys state executive committee which met at the party headquarters on gudi padva which is celebrated as the new year by hindusthe resolution to leave the nda was unanimously accepted by all the committee membersin the letter to shah sardesai said the bjp had failed to handle the covid19 pandemic had overseen the destruction of goas natural forest cover and had been negligent in the protection of the states interests in the mhadei water dispute with karnatakaduring these two years goans have been reduced to mere bystanders in their own home state as the bjp repeatedly introduced antigoan policies in every session of our legislative assembly aimed at bestowing benefits to a few and misery to many said sardesaisardesai was a cabinet minister in the earlier bjp government led by manohar parrikarafter parrikars death sardesai served as the deputy chief minister for a short while till gfp was unceremoniously dumped by current bjp chief minister pramod sawantthough the gfp remained a member of the nda the party was a vocal critic of the government in the state legislative assembly and outsidethe decision to quit the nda comes just ahead of the second phase of the municipal elections in goa where gfp and the congress party have an informal alliance for the margao municipal council pollsseveral ngos who have backed the congress and gfp had challenged gfp to quit the ndawatch goa forward party quits nda ahead of 2022 elections