PANJIM: The Bharatiya Janata Party will kick-start their campaign for the May 7 Lok Sabha elections from Tuesday, March 26, while the Congress will declare its candidates a day later.
The BJP has re-nominated Union Minister of State of Tourism Shripad Naik from his traditional North Goa Parliamentary seat for the sixth consecutive term while, it has fielded Pallavi Dempo, a businesswoman for the South Goa Parliamentary seat, which the party is trying to wrest.
BJP State president and MP Sadanand Shet Tanavade said Naik and Dempo will start their election campaign journey to reach every voter from Tuesday. The candidates along with party leaders will seek blessings at Shree Mahalaxmi temple, Panjim at 3.30 pm, on Tuesday, before embarking on election campaign.
Meanwhile, the Congress Party will declare its candidates for both the constituencies on Wednesday, March 27 even as the Congress released its sixth list of five candidates on Monday. GPCC president Amit Patkar and Leader of the Opposition Yuri Alemao will attend the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC) meeting in New Delhi on March 27.
Goa will go to polls in the third phase on May 7.