PANAJI: Former Chief of Minister of Goa Laxmikant Parsekar resigned from the primary membership of the party on Saturday.
Parsekar took his bond with a party after 32 years, three days after he was rejected by party nomination for Mandrem.
BJP has announced that sitting MLA Dairand Sopte as his candidate.
“After thinking correctly and with a heavy heart, I have made this decision today.
I never thought I would be left in a position like that.
For the benefit of Mandrem Constituencing and Pernem Taluka, the future of youth and overall development, I have separated from Party, “said Parsekar, added that he also resigned as the organizer of the Party Manifesto Committee.
“This will be my last election and I do not want to be a minister and minister.
I want to be MLA to get a delayed job done in the election, where the government has invested, by fighting in the assembly.
In the next two days, I will make a decision Will it oppose the assembly selection as an independent candidate, “said Parsekar.
Parsekar has played an important role as BJP State President in 2012, when the party has succeeded in forming a government with the majority.
But in 2017, when he was the main minister, he lost assembly elections with a margin of 7,000 votes for Sopte, who then stopped the Congress and was re-elected as Mandrem Mla on BJP tickets.
Over the past few days, BJP did not leave the stone missed to convince the parskar not to stop at the party and work to ensure his victory in Mandrem.