panaji the entry of star campaigners of major political parties has quickened the tempo of the campaigning in the state for the goa assembly elections after almost ten days of quiet and discreet canvassing by candidates and their supporters the national leaders of three national parties congress bharatiya janata party bjp and all india trinamool congress tmc descended on the scene infusing some life and colour into an otherwise calm campaign restricted to doortodoor canvassing a host of political heavyweights boosted the congress campaign in the final phase kicking off the last phase was all india congress committee president sonia gandhi at a public meeting at fatorda on saturday prime minister manmohan singh addressed a public meeting on wednesday at sanquelim those who followed were delhi chief minister sheila dixit who addressed public meetings navelim and benaulim former india cricket captain and mp mohammad azharuddin held road shows at ponda margao panaji and aldona kerala chief minister oommen chandy urged keralites in goa to vote union finance minister pranab mukherjee union minister for power sushilkumar shinde union ministers rajesh pilot jyotiraditya scindia and mp raj babbar also came to goa for the campaign trail the bjp has also lined up fire brand national leaders to compete with the congress campaign bjp national president nitin gadkari leader of opposition in lok sabha sushma swaraj deputy opposition in the lok sabha gopinath munde senior bjp leader rajnath singh venkaiah naidu shahnawaz hussain smriti irani addressed public meetings in panjim ponda quepem canacona margao savordem sanguem and shiroda nationalist congress party ncp leader and union minister praful patel took part in doortodoor campaigning in porvorim constituency maharashtra home minister r r patil also addressed the public meeting in tivim and sanguem constituency chhangan bhujbal and ncp supremo sharad pawars daughter and mp supriya sule addressed a meeting in bardez taluka tc leaders also hit the campaign trial with union ministers mukul roy sultan ahmed mp rajya sabha k d singh and maria fernandes coordinator for goa state addressing meetingsgoa assembly elections 2012elections 2012 news