Sitting MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Sawaikar and Union Minister for AYUSH Shripad Naik will contest the North Goa and South Goa Lok Sabha seats respectively, a State BJP office-bearer said on Saturday.
Former Mapusa MLA late Francis D’Souza’s son Joshua has been given the ticket to contest from Mapusa Assembly constituency.
Mr. Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte, both of whom quit the Congress to join the BJP in October last year, have been given the ticket for the Shiroda and Mandrem Assembly constituencies respectively, Goa BJP general secretary Sadanand Shet Tanavde said. The BJP Central election committee has cleared the names of the candidates, he said.
The election for the two Lok Sabha constituencies and three Assembly by-polls will be held in Goa on April 23.