BJP ally to contest Goa by-polls ‘on its own’

Panaji: A key ally of the BJP-led coalition government in Goa announced on Thursday that it will contest the coastal state’s yet to be scheduled by-polls “on its own”.

The decision was taken at the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party’s (MGP) central committee meeting held earlier in the day here, party president Deepak Dhavalikar told the media. “We are not betraying anyone. We are fighting against defections and defectors.

Against those people who quit parties after one or two years,” Dhavalikar said. By-polls to the two Assembly constituencies have been necessitated after two Congress MLAs resigned to join the Bharatiya Janata Party last October. (IANS)

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