India News | Congress Releases First List of 8 Candidates for Goa Polls; Former CM Digambar Kamat to Contest from Margao Seat
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday released the first list of eight candidates for the upcoming Goa assembly polls scheduled to take place in early 2022.
Panaji (Goa) [India], December 16 (ANI): All India Congress Committee (AICC) on Thursday released the first list of eight candidates for the upcoming Goa assembly polls scheduled to take place in early 2022.
As per an official statement released by Goa AICC, former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat will contest from Margao assembly seat and Sudhir Kanolkar from the Mapusa assembly seat.
The party has fielded Tony Rodrigues from the Taleigao assembly seat and Rajesh Verenkar from the Ponda constituency.
The other candidates are Sankalp Amonkar from Marmugao, Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco from Curtorim, Yuri Alemao from Cuncolim assembly constituency and Altone D'Costa from the Quepem seat.
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Congress is the first party that has released the list of candidates to be fielded in upcoming polls, even before the announcement of the election schedule.
Goa Forward Party chief Vijay Sardesai along with other leaders met Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the national capital about two weeks ago in which Digambar Kamat was also present. (ANI)
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