New Delhi [India], February 14 (ANI): With the commencement of polling in Goa, Union Home Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Amit Shah on Monday urged people to vote in large numbers for a "prosperous" coastal state.

Panaji Jan 31 PTI The Shiv Sena on Monday extended support to former BJP member Utpal Parrikar who is contesting the February 14 elections as an independent from the Panaji assembly constituency in Goa and announced it is withdrawing its candidate from the prestigious seatShiv Sena Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut tweeted saying his party is withdrawing its candidate Shailendra Velingkar from the Panaji constituency in support of Utpal Parrikar who welcomed the moveThe elder son of BJP stalwart and former CM late Manohar Parrikar has filed his nomination as an independent after the states ruling party denied him a ticket from Panaji a seat represented in the assembly for long by his fatherThe BJP has renominated sitting Panaji MLA Atanasio Monserratte who joined the ruling party after quitting the Congress in 2019Were keeping our word ShivSena is withdrawing its candidate Shailendra Velingkar frm Panaji Not just that our workers will fully support UtpalParrikar We believe that the battle for Panaji is just abt elections but also abt purification of Goa politics Raut tweetedRecently the Shiv Sena while announcing candidates for the Goa polls had said it would back Utpal Parrikar if he assures not to support the BJP after getting electedUtpal Parrikar had said he would remain independent if he is elected from the seat in the state capitalShiv Senas announcement in favour of Utpal Parrikar comes days after local Congress leaders Uday Madkaikar and Surendra Furtado extended their support to himI would love to take support from anyone who wants to be with me in this fight Utpal Parrikar told PTI reacting to the stand of the Shiv Sena a former BJP allyHe said Panaji needs a representative who has a clean characterYou dont have to be in power to do developmental work You can do it even while being in the opposition and my father Manohar Parrikar has proved it he saidUtpal Parrikar resigned from the BJP nearly two weeks ago PTI RPS RSY RSY

Panaji (Goa) [India], January 29 (ANI): Utpal Parrikar, son of former Goa Chief Minister Late Manohar Parrikar on Saturday said that circumstances forced him to take a decision of contesting as an independent candidate from Panaji in the ensuing Goa Assembly polls.

The dates for the Goa assembly elections have been announced. The state will go to polls in one phase on February 14 and the results will be declared on March 10. Goa has 40 assembly seats. At present, there is a BJP government in Goa. It has 25 MLAs of its own and the support […]

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], January 23 (ANI): Flaying the BJP leadership ahead of the assembly polls in Goa, the Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made a new face of itself in Goa by adding the land and drug mafia to the party. He also said that the party will not get the majority in the upcoming assembly polls in the state.

Panaji Jan 21 PTI Denied ticket from Panaji his late fathers constituency former Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikars son Utpal Parrikar on Friday quit the BJP He would contest the February 14 Assembly elections in the state from Panaji as independent he announced here The day before the ruling BJP nominated from Panaji -- which Manohar Parrikar had represented for over two decades -- its sitting MLA Atanasio Monserrate one of ten legislators who had joined the saffron party in July 2019 after quitting Congress I was left with no other choice I have resigned from the party and I would be contesting as an independent from Panaji Utpal Parrikar told reporters He also said that resignation was a formality but the BJP will always remain in my heart It is a difficult choice for me I am doing it for the people of Goa No one should be worried about my political future people of Goa will do it he said The BJP had offered him other options constituencies other than Panaji Parrikar said I am fighting for the values which I believe in Let people of Panaji decide I cannot negotiate with my party he added Asked whether he would seek support of other political parties he said the only platform for him was the BJP If not BJP then I would go for contesting as independent I will not go for any other political party Parrikar said On Thursday the BJPs Goa in-charge Devendra Fadnavis had said while releasing its first list of candidates that the party offered some other seats to Utpal but he was not willing to contest from any of them Earlier in the day Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said his party which had formed a tie-up with the NCP for Goa elections would support Parrikar if he promised not to back the BJP post elections On Thursday Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had slammed the BJP for adopting use and throw policy regarding the Parrikar family and invited Utpal to join his party PTI RPS KRK KRK

Panaji (Goa) [India], January 20 (ANI): Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's son Utpal Parrikar has not been fielded by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from Panjim, a seat he has been keen to contest from.

Panaji Jan 20 PTI After Utpal Parrikar son of late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar failed to make it to the BJPs list of candidates for the next months Goa assembly polls Aam Aadmi Party AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday accused the saffron party of adopting a use and throw policy even with the Parrikar family Kejriwal invited Utpal Parrikar to join the AAP and contest the assembly election on its ticket Goans feel v sad that BJP has adopted use and throw policy even with Parrikar family I have always respected Manohar Parrikar ji Utpal ji is welcome to join and fight elections on AAP ticket the Delhi Chief Minister said in a tweet minutes after the saffron party announced the list of candidates Utpal Parrikar who had been demanding the BJPs ticket from the Panaji seat did not get the partys candidature as per its list of 34 candidates which it announced on Thursday Manohar Parrikar who died in March 2019 while serving as the chief minister of the coastal state had represented this constituency for more than two decades While announcing the list of candidates for the February 14 Goa polls BJPs state election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis said in Delhi that the party had given four other options to Utpal Parrikar which he did not accept Utpal Parrikar was not available for his comment PTI RPS NP NP

Panaji (Goa) [India], January 20 (ANI): The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday announced 34 candidates for the upcoming Goa Assembly elections. Notably, Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's name is not on the list.

Panaji (Goa) [India], December 21 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA Carlos Almeida on Tuesday has resigned as an MLA of the Goa Assembly, alleging that after former chief minister Manohar Parrikar's death, the party was not going in the right direction.