Congress releases first list of candidates for Goa assembly polls

Times of India | 1 year ago | 16-12-2021 | 08:32 pm

PANAJI: The Congress party on Thursday released its first list of candidates for the upcoming state assembly elections which are likely to be held in February. The party has named eight contenders for the assembly polls with Congress legislature party leader Digambar Kamat and Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco being given the go ahead. The announcement of the Congress candidate list marks a significant departure from the earlier trend when the party would release the names of the candidates at the last minute and closer to the final date for nomination. First list of Goa Congress candidates for the Assembly Elections 2022 https://t.co/yNS4S1GDky— Goa Congress (@INCGoa) 1639664248000“We had promised that we would give fresh faces and if you see the first list most of them are fresh faces. Today we have announced much in advance, and here the Congress has announced the names much before the other parties,” said state Congress president Girish Chodankar. The Congress has picked Sudhir Kandolkar for Mapusa constituency, former Corporation of the city of Panaji mayor Tony Rodrigues for Taleigao, Rajesh Verenkar for Ponda, Sankalp Amonkar for Mormugao, Yuri Alemao for Cuncolim and Altone D’Costa for Quepem. Chodankar said that the second list of candidates will come at a later stage once the Pradesh Election Committee and the Central Election Committee arrive at a consensus on the candidates. On November 21 the Congress party had said that it would announce the first list of its candidates by the November end or first week of December. Chodankar had said that the process to pick candidates had gained momentum as a screening committee has been set up by the AICC. Chodankar had said that he party would field young and new candidates in the coming polls and that MLAs who had defected and joined other parties would not be considered.

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