New Delhi: Ahead of the upcoming Goa Assembly elections 2022, Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has carved a new face for itself in Goa by bringing in land and drug mafia.
He claimed that the party would not win a majority in the upcoming assembly elections in the state, reported ANI.
He also talked about the recent resignations of former Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
The Shiv Sena MP said that both the former chief ministers played an important role in strengthening the BJP in the state.
Raut said, “But now Utpal Parrikar and Laxmikant Parsekar have left BJP. BJP has made a new face by including land and drug mafia in the party. I can give you in writing that BJP will not get majority in Goa.” ” ANI in its report
On Friday, former chief minister Manohar Parrikar’s son Utpal Parrikar resigned from the BJP after the party refused him a ticket in the Panaji constituency, instead fielding defector Atanasio “Babush” Monserrate of the Congress party.
After being denied a ticket, Parrikar opted to contest the upcoming Goa election as an independent candidate.
“I will contest from Panaji constituency as an independent candidate. People of Panjim voted for Manohar Parrikar over the years because he stood for certain values. I have those values in me too. For those values for me too. It’s time to stand up, Utpal was quoted by ANI in its report.
Meanwhile, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had earlier said that the BJP’s central leadership is in touch with Utpal Parrikar and has given him two constituencies in the upcoming Goa Assembly elections.
Goa Legislative Assembly Election 2022
With the term of the current Goa Legislative Assembly ending on March 15, the Goa Legislative Assembly elections will be held in one phase, i.e. in the second phase of the 2022 Assembly elections. The date of polling in Goa is February 14, 2021.
The counting of votes is to be held on March 10, 2021.
Goa Legislative Assembly Election 2017
The last election in Goa was held on February 4, 2017, in which Congress emerged as the single largest party with 17 MLAs. The election results marked the beginning of a hung assembly in the state, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 13 seats in the 40-member assembly.
The BJP was successful in forming the government with the support of regional parties and independent candidates.
However, the BJP formed a coalition government with the support of Goa Forward Party (GFP), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and two independent candidates to reach the magic figure of 21 in the 40-member House.
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