United Goans Party

Its main manifesto item was "Separate Statehood in and outside the Assembly of the Union Territory of Goa, Daman and Diu and in Parliament".

Among its key promises were the setting up of a University, industrialization, land reforms and the recognition of Konkani as the regional language.

The MGP wanted that the issue should be voted in the Goa legislature, as was the norm in a representative democracy.

The UGP was of the opinion that such an important decision should not be left to them MLAs but should be put before the people of Goa to decide.

[5] However Shastri died in 1966 in Tashkent and this decision was now left to the new prime minister Indira Gandhi.

The UGP delegation met her and submitted a memorandum that such a monumental decision affecting the future of the State could not be left to legislators alone, but should be put before the people to decide.

They also demanded that all deputationinsts from Maharashtra should not be allowed to vote and that the Bandodkar ministry should resign to conduct a free and fair poll.

The Furtado Group received the support from Goa Organised Alliance and fielded eight candidates in the next election.

It contested all thirty seats this time, claiming primary responsibility for the Opinion Poll and its verdict and promised a separate Konkani State of Goa.

[1]: 112 In 1977, Erasmo de Sequeira joined hands with the Bharatiya Lok Dal, headed by Charan Singh.

Its decline (1977–1989) corresponded with the rise of the Congress, a national party which did not win any seat in the first elections.