In Goa, preliminary figures show that in Goa, the BJP is leading in 20 assembly constituencies, while the Congress is leading in 19 seats. TMC is leading in 5 seats. After exit polls predicted that the results in Goa would end in a dead heat, political parties in the state are preparing for a post-poll scenario. The counting of votes in the 40-seat state began at 8 am on Thursday. With over 300 candidates contesting in 40 assembly constituencies, Goa is witnessing a multi-cornered contest with parties including BJP, Congress, Trinamool Congress, and AAP. Meanwhile, BJP Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Tuesday traveled to Delhi to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The Congress on Wednesday said talks are on with the Aam Aadmi Party to garner sup...
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Goa Assembly Elections: Laxmikant Parsekar, Former CM, Quits BJP Just Ahead Goa Polls
Today Goa's former CM Laxmikant Parsekar announces his resignation from the BJP party. After he was denied a ticket for the upcoming assembly elections. Today he will hand over his resignation formally to the ruling party. At present, he is heading the BJP's manifesto committee for the upcoming assembly elections in Goa. Not only that he has been a core member of the party committee too. Well, this can be a big jolt for the BJP party. Why Laxmikant Parsekar Quits ? Well, this happened when BJP nominates sitting MLA Dayanand Sopte from Mandrem Assembly for upcoming polls. Whereas Laxmikant Parsekar had earlier represented the same seat between 2002 - 2017. But in 2017 Dayanand Sopte defeated Parsekar as a congress candidate. Later in 2019, Sopte joined BJP with 9 other leader...
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