Election for the put up of Deputy Speaker of Goa Legislative Meeting shall be held on Friday, and the combat is between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Occasion’s (BJP) Joshua De Souza and the Congress’ lady MLA Delialah Lobo.
The Congress, which has fielded Lobo – the one lady legislator within the state – has admitted that the opposition camp doesn’t have sufficient power to win the election, however maintained that “something can occur throughout voting”. The monsoon session of the state meeting, which started final week, will conclude on Friday.
De Souza, who represents Mapusa meeting constituency, filed his nomination papers on Thursday and thanked Chief Minister Pramod Sawant for giving him a possibility. “Honoured by the chance given by the Hon’ble #ChiefMinister of #Goa Dr Pramod Sawant ji for nominating my identify for the put up of #DeputySpeaker of #GoaLegislativeAssembly,” he mentioned. He additionally thanked different BJP leaders, together with the celebration’s state unit chief Sadanand Tanavade.
Congress MLA Carlose Alvares Ferreira mentioned the celebration has fielded Delialah Lobo for the put up. Admitting that the opposition events wouldn’t have ample numbers to win the election for the put up of deputy speaker, Ferreira mentioned, “Something can occur throughout voting.” Within the 40-member Goa Meeting, the ruling BJP has 20 MLAs, and it enjoys the help of 5 others – two from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Occasion (MGP) and three Independents.
The Congress had gained 11 seats within the meeting polls held in February this yr. The Goa Ahead Occasion (GFP) and the Revolutionary Goans Occasion (RGP) had gained one seat every, whereas the Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP) had bagged two seats.
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