Goa Polls 2022: Although the BJP has said that options for Utpal Parrikar are being discussed, he has expressed desire to contest from the Panaji seat.
After the elections for Goa's two Lok Sabha seats, the BJP and the Congress are preparing for a face-off in the bypoll for Panaji Assembly constituency, which was held by former chief minister Manohar Parrikar. The bypoll was necessitated after Parrikar's death in March.
The announcement of the bypoll for the Panaji seat on May 19 by the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday, comes at a time when there is speculation about the former Defence Minister's son, Utpal, taking over the political mantle of his father.
Parrikar, who returned to the state from the Centre after the assembly elections in February, defeated his nearest rival, Congress's Girish Chodankar, by 4,803 votes
The result of Panaji seat will decide the fate of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Vishwajit Rane, a former Congress leader who is now a minister in Parrikar cabinet
The electoral fate of Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who contested the assembly bypoll from Panaji, will be decided tomorrow when the counting of votes is taken up.
The bypoll became necessary after sitting AAP MLA Ved Parkash quit the Delhi assembly and returned to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the municipal elections this year.
Parrikar, a former Defence Minister in the National Democratic Alliance government, who was rushed to state politics in March, filed his nomination form after paying his respects at a temple and Church.
Goa CM Manohar Parrikar will tomorrow morning file his nomination from Panaji constituency for the August 23 bypoll.
BJP MLA from Panaji constituency, Siddharth Kuncalienkar, today resigned from his seat, paving the way for CM Manohar Parrikar to contest the by-election and enter the Goa Assembly.
Goa Chief minister Manohar Parrikar will contest the bypoll to the Panaji Assembly constituency.
Panaji: Polling for the Panaji Assembly seat by-election began today at 8 AM with Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar among the first few to cast his vote. The bypoll was necessitated following the resignation of the
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