Panaji: BJP on Thursday announced the first list of 34 candidates for Goa, dropping three MLA sitting including two ministers but defending the former minister who had stopped on charges of sex scandals.
The party also refused to give Panaji’s ticket to former Minister of Manohar Parragar, Utpal, which was held from 1994 until his death in March 2019.
Instead, BJP went with Monsere ‘Babush’, and one of the 10 Congress defectors who joined Pramod Sawant Government in July 2019.
Sawant has been declared a candidate from Sakhali, a constituency he has represented since 2012.
“Family of Parragar or the Manohar Parragar family is our family.
They are very close to us.
We have given two other options for Utpal Where he can compete This is the second time BJP has refused tickets to Utpal in Panaji.
In 2019, when the seat fell in vacancy after the death of Parragar, BJP had given the nomination to Parragar near Sidharth Kuncalienker for Bypoll.
He lost to Monserrate, who had opposed the congressional ticket.
Candidates in six remaining constituencies will be announced in the second list, which is expected to be released in the next few days.
To choose a house of 40 members, Goa went to the poll on February 14.
Aiming to provide representation to various communities, BJP has lowered three candidates from tribes scheduled to compete in public chairs, two candidates who will compete in public chairs, 11 candidates from other backs classes (OBC) and nine seats have been given to Catholic candidates.
BJP has made a ‘family of Raj’ poll boards in 2012, for the first time in Goa, giving tickets to two couples-jennifer and Monserrate and Deviya and Vishwajit Rane.
Jennifer, who is also a minister of income, will the contest from his Taleigo chair at this time.
Health Minister Vishwajit Rane will maintain the Valpo Constituency, while Deviya’s wife will compete from the neighboring Poriem, which has been represented by father-in-law and Veteran Pratapsingh Rane.
He was recently given a lifelong cabinet status by the BJP government in the state.
“Sometimes, this is the danger of occupation,” Fadnivis said about tickets provided for monsters and running.
“Babush and Jennifer’s wife were chosen as MLA and then they both joined BJP.
He has his own identity and is also a cabinet minister in the BJP government,” he said.
The course gets a ticket, Fadniv says Vishwajit has resigned from Congress and joined BJP and has won the Valpoi seat on a party ticket.
“Poriem’s chair was represented by Pratapsingh, which was constantly elected for the past 50 years since the constituency was on the congressional ticket.
Congress never lost the chair.
We told him that the Congress graph fell, and this time he had to do a BJP ticket or help BJP.
He said he was too old for the contest and instead Deviya would compete, “Fadnivis said, justifying the party’s decision to give a Vishwajit ticket wife.
When asked whether BJP and Congress have an understanding of the Poriem seat, said Fadnivis, “Congress will oppose the chair.
But we will defeat them.” Congress has stated Pratpsingh Rane as their candidate from Poriem, but hours after the announcement, Rane said He was not estimated by the party who gave a broad instructions that he might not compete for the election.
BJP also dropped the Minister of PWD and Sanvordem Mla Deepak Prabhu Pauskar and WRD Minister and Velim Mla Filipe Nery Rodrigues, while giving candidates to former Minister of Social Welfare and Mormagao Mila Millind up, who had resigned from the Cabinet Sex Scandal.
Pauskar has been imposed on alleged involvement in fraud recruiting RS 70-Crore work in PWD, while Rodrigues has indicated that he will not compete in BJP tickets.
BJP has put former MLA Ganesh Gaonkar and Savio Rodrigues journalist from Sanvordem and Velim, each to fight anti-farmers and hatred, BJP has shifted Deputy Minister of Chief and Pernem Mla Manohar ‘Akgaonkar to Margao to take the opposition leader drawn for Kamat.
BJP also prefers to deny the nomination to Canacona MLA and the representative of Isidore Fernandes speaker and instead gave a ticket to the former sports minister of Ramesh Tawadkar to seduce the ST voting in the neighboring constituency of Sanvordem, Sanguem and Quepem, among others.
In the election of 2017 assembly, BJP lost this constituency after Tawadkar was rejected by nomination.
Selection of Goa: BJP dropped two ministers, choosing 2 couples, ignoring UTPAL in Panaji
