Panaji: The Indian National Congress on Friday, releases the list of candidates for Goa bye-polls. Sudhir Kandolkar has been named to contest from Mapusa constituency, while Mahadev Naik has been fielded from the Shiroda constituency.
Earlier, in a politically significant development, two out of the three Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party legislators early on Wednesday merged the legislative unit of the regional party into the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Deputy Speaker Michael Lobo said.
“MGP MLAs Manohar Ajgaonkar and Deepak Pauskar have merged with the BJP,” the Deputy Speaker told IANS.
The development comes on the heels of a growing discomfort between the BJP and the MGP, which surfaced openly after the latter was given only two ministerial berths during last week’s government formation, instead of three as demanded by party leader and deputy chief minister Sudin Dhavalikar.
