Nadda to arrive in Goa tomorrow

Times of India | 1 year ago | 20-12-2021 | 04:25 am

Nadda to arrive in Goa tomorrow

Panaji: BJP national president J P Nadda will be on a two-day visit in Goa from Tuesday. He will address two public meetings in Quepem and Shiroda constituencies. BJP state president Sadanand Shet Tanavade said that Nadda will meet around 1,000 temple committees. He said that as sitting MLAs Subhash Shirodkar and deputy chief minister Chandrakant Kavlekar’s names are almost finalised for tickets, the party wants to start its official campaign in these two constituencies. tnn

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Times of India | 8 hours ago | 31-01-2023 | 08:21 am
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