Goa Assembly election: A day after announcing first list, BJP riven with internal dissent
The Hindu
Former CM Laxmikant Parsekar, PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar quit; Congress, GFP hit by resignations too
Fissures emerged within ranks of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa a day after the party declared its list of 34 candidates, with former Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and Public Works Department Minister Deepak Pauskar, both announcing their resignations from the saffron party on being denied tickets.
Also raising the banner of revolt were Isidore Fernandes - Deputy Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly and the incumbent MLA from Canacona – and Savitri Kavlekar, wife of Goa Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant Kavlekar, who resigned as vice-president of the Goa BJP’s women’s wing. She will be contesting as an independent MLA from Sanguem.
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