05 Mar 2024| 06:22am ISTBJP to also consider women candidates for S Goa LS seatProbables include columnist Shefali Vaidya, South Goa ZP Chairperson Suvarna Tendulkar, former Goa State Commission for Women Vidya Gaude and Sulakshana Sawant, wife of Chief Minister Pramod SawantTeam HeraldPANJIM: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa is in the process of shortlisting women candidates for South Goa Parliamentary seat as per the request of the party’s central leadership. The BJP central leadership has asked the State BJP to suggest some names of women candidates, who could be considered as probable candidates in addition to the existing three names already submitted to the Central Election Committee for South Goa constituency. The State BJP had suggested the names of former Deputy Chief Minister Chandrakant ‘Babu’ Kavlekar, former MP Narendra Sawaikar and former MLA Damodar ‘Damu’ Naik as prospective candidates for the South Goa seat. The name of the candidate for the South Goa seat may be announced by the party in the second or third list of candidates, opined Sawant. According to party sources, the core committee discussed the names of columnist Shefali Vaidya, South Goa ZP Chairperson Suvarna Tendulkar and former Goa State Commission for Women Vidya Gaude for the South Goa seat.

Source: The Herald March 04, 2024 20:05 UTC