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Parrikar to contest Panaji bypoll, says Goa BJP chief

Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will contest the Panaji by-election scheduled on August 23, state unit BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said today, hours after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule.

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Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will contest the Panaji by-election scheduled on August 23, state unit BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said today, hours after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule.

Though Parrikar's candidature from the seat was almost certain since the time he resigned as Defence Minister to take charge of Goa in March this year, the Congress is yet to finalise its nominees for both Panaji and Valpoi seats.

The bypolls were necessitated due to resignations given by the BJP's sitting MLA Siddharth Kuncolienkar and Congress' Vishwajeet Rane, from Panaji and Valpoi seats, respectively.

Kuncolienkar had resigned apparently to vacate the seat for Parrikar.

While from Valpoi the BJP will field Rane, the son of veteran Congress leader Pratapsinh Rane, who had crossed over to the BJP soon after the trust vote held in March. He currently holds Health ministry in the BJP-led state government.

"We were expecting dates of the bypolls to be bit earlier as the state will be celebrating Ganesh festival on August 25.

Nonetheless, we are well prepared to face the contests," Tendulkar told

 

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