PANAJI: In the first giant problem for BJP within the absence of former leader minister Manohar Parrikar, former Congress minister Atanasio Monserrate, who almost breached BJP fort in 2017 as a United Goans Party candidate, has once once more determined to go into the fray.
Monserrate, who's the vice-president of GFP, an alliance partner of BJP, will give up the celebration to contest the bypoll. “I will be able to start meeting people in Panaji from Monday and galvanise supporters,” said Monserrate, who polled 6,855 votes throughout the 2017 assembly elections and misplaced to BJP candidate Sidharth Kuncalienker, by way of a bit over a thousand votes.
Popularly referred to as Babush, Monserrate has relatively a power over the Panaji constituency which BJP has represented incessantly since Parrikar first received the seat in 1994.
Monserrate’s panel is currently in power on the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) and is a known drive in neighbouring Taleigao, portions of which can vote when bypolls are held right here.
‘Will deliver out imaginative and prescient docu for Panaji’
Following Parrikar’s demise on March 17, the previous TCP minister had made his intentions known, nevertheless it used to be understood that GFP would deliver him on board. However, on Friday, Monserrate said he would give up GFP and contest the Panaji bypoll. “GFP is in an alliance with BJP. I don’t wish to create differences between the two parties,” he said.
“Let the byelection be declared then we’ll make a decision,” state BJP president Vinay Tendulkar.
The former TCP minister who received each election from 2002 until 2017, whether he used to be contesting in Taleigao, his home constituency, or neighbouring St Cruz, said he'll give up the celebration in the end. “I will be able to have a imaginative and prescient record for the Panaji constituency,” said Monserrate.
Monserrate’s choice to give up GFP and contest the byelection as an independent will give the BJP a headache, political commentators said. The Panaji seat fell vacant following Parrikar’s demise.
During the remaining bypoll when Parrikar reduce short his stint as defence minister and returned to state politics in 2017, Monserrate used to be among the first to position his hand up and announce his candidature. However, he ultimately lead the way for Parrikar’s smooth sailing in Panaji by way of becoming a member of GFP. Monserrate used to be offered chairmanship of a new planning and construction frame called Greater Panaji Planning and Development Authority, which used to be constituted a yr later as a reward for now not contesting towards Parrikar.
Monserrate’s choice to contest as an independent can even take the opposition Congress by way of surprise, assets said, adding that Congress used to be banking on Monserrate returning to the celebration and taking at the might of BJP. Parrikar had received the Panaji seat within the February 2017 assembly byelection by way of defeating Congress’s Girish Chodankar by way of a margin of 4,803 votes.
Monserrate, who's the vice-president of GFP, an alliance partner of BJP, will give up the celebration to contest the bypoll. “I will be able to start meeting people in Panaji from Monday and galvanise supporters,” said Monserrate, who polled 6,855 votes throughout the 2017 assembly elections and misplaced to BJP candidate Sidharth Kuncalienker, by way of a bit over a thousand votes.
Popularly referred to as Babush, Monserrate has relatively a power over the Panaji constituency which BJP has represented incessantly since Parrikar first received the seat in 1994.
Monserrate’s panel is currently in power on the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) and is a known drive in neighbouring Taleigao, portions of which can vote when bypolls are held right here.
‘Will deliver out imaginative and prescient docu for Panaji’
Following Parrikar’s demise on March 17, the previous TCP minister had made his intentions known, nevertheless it used to be understood that GFP would deliver him on board. However, on Friday, Monserrate said he would give up GFP and contest the Panaji bypoll. “GFP is in an alliance with BJP. I don’t wish to create differences between the two parties,” he said.
“Let the byelection be declared then we’ll make a decision,” state BJP president Vinay Tendulkar.
The former TCP minister who received each election from 2002 until 2017, whether he used to be contesting in Taleigao, his home constituency, or neighbouring St Cruz, said he'll give up the celebration in the end. “I will be able to have a imaginative and prescient record for the Panaji constituency,” said Monserrate.
Monserrate’s choice to give up GFP and contest the byelection as an independent will give the BJP a headache, political commentators said. The Panaji seat fell vacant following Parrikar’s demise.
During the remaining bypoll when Parrikar reduce short his stint as defence minister and returned to state politics in 2017, Monserrate used to be among the first to position his hand up and announce his candidature. However, he ultimately lead the way for Parrikar’s smooth sailing in Panaji by way of becoming a member of GFP. Monserrate used to be offered chairmanship of a new planning and construction frame called Greater Panaji Planning and Development Authority, which used to be constituted a yr later as a reward for now not contesting towards Parrikar.
Monserrate’s choice to contest as an independent can even take the opposition Congress by way of surprise, assets said, adding that Congress used to be banking on Monserrate returning to the celebration and taking at the might of BJP. Parrikar had received the Panaji seat within the February 2017 assembly byelection by way of defeating Congress’s Girish Chodankar by way of a margin of 4,803 votes.
Monserrate may quit GFP to contest Panaji as independent
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