The MGP won the Mercaim, Pernem and Sanvordem seats in the 2017 assembly elections. (File photo/Reuters)
The MGP has forged an alliance with the Trinamool Congress party for the February 14 elections.
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The Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) on Friday announced its first list of ten candidates for the Goa Assembly elections. The names of party chief Deepak Dhavalikar and his brother Sudin Dhavalikar figure in the list. The MGP has forged an alliance with the Trinamool Congress party for the February 14 elections.
According to the list released on Friday, Deepak Dhavalikar will contest from Priol constituency, while his brother Sudin will contest from Markaim seat. Sudin is currently the MLA from Markaim. Former BJP MLA Praveen Jante, who recently joined MGP, will contest from Mayem, while Balaji Gaons, a labor leader fighting for the restoration of mining in Goa, will contest from Sanvordem.
Other candidates are Jit Arolkar (Mandrem constituency), Rajan Korgaonkar (Pernem), Naresh Sawal (Bicholim), Vishwesh Prabhu (Valpoi), Dr Ketan Bhatikar (Ponda) and Sanket Naik Mule (Shiroda). The MGP had won Marcaim, Pernem and Sanvordem seats in 2017 Assembly polls.
But two years later, two of its three MLAs, Deepak Pauskar (Sanvordem) and Manohar Ajgaonkar (Pernem), joined the ruling BJP.
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