Panaji:
With undergoing Goa elections, state Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his wife Sulakshana Sawant offered prayers at Shree Rudreshwar Devasthan, Harvalem on Monday morning.
Meanwhile, CM Pramod Sawant is confident of BJP’s victory in the state. “PM Narendra Modi called me in the morning today to give his best wishes. I’m fully confident that BJP will win 22+ seats. The infrastructure development by BJP in 10 years and PM Modi’s self-reliant vision will definitely benefit us with a 100% majority” said CM Pramod Sawant.
Polling for 40 assembly seats in Goa began at 7 am and will end at 6 pm today. A total of 301 candidates from different political parties are in the electoral fray in Goa.
The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is challenged by Congress, Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Aam Admi Party (AAP) in a multi-cornered electoral contest in Goa. The intense poll campaigning by all the political parties for 40 Assembly seats in Goa concluded on Saturday evening.
Goa Assembly has a strength of 40 members out of which the BJP currently has 17 legislators and enjoys the support of legislators from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), Vijay Sardesai of the Goa Forward Party (GFP), and three independents. The GFP and MGP each have three MLAs, and Congress, on the other hand, has 15 MLAs in the house.
The counting of votes in Goa will take place on March 10.
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