BJP Gen. Secretary CT Ravi requests Utpal Parrikar to reconsider his decision
BJP announced 34 candidates for the upcoming Goa Elections. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to contest from Sanquelim and Deputy CM Manohar Ajgaonkar from Margao seat.
Panaji: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary CT Ravi requested Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa Chief Minister the late Manohar Parrikar, to reconsider his decision and come back to the saffron party. Utpal Parrikar resigned as a state executive member and as a primary member of the party after he was denied a ticket from the Panaji assembly constituency.
CT Ravi said, "Manohar Parrikar ji has always worked for BJP's win. I request his son Utpal Parrikar to reconsider his decision and fulfil his father's dream. Only BJP can give people a stable government. Home Minister Amit Shah will visit here on Jan 30."
Utpal had decided to contest as an Independent candidate from the Panaji constituency. Utpal said that quitting the party is the most difficult decision, but he is ready to withdraw from the poll race if the BJP fields a good candidate from the constituency.
BJP has given a ticket to sitting MLA, Atanasio Monserrate, one of the ten legislators who had joined the BJP in July 2019 after quitting Congress. Monserrate is facing criminal cases, including a case of rape of a minor.
BJP announced 34 candidates for the upcoming Goa Elections. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to contest from Sanquelim and Deputy CM Manohar Ajgaonkar from Margao seat.
Polls will be held in Goa on 14 February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 10 March 2022.
