Parrikar to file nomination from Panaji seat today

PANAJI: Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar will file his nomination from Panaji constituency for the August 23 bypoll on Wednesday. “Parrikar will visit the Mahalaxmi temple in the morning and then go to file his nomination,” BJP leader Siddharth Kuncolienkar, who vacated his seat to make way for

Parrikar to contest in Panaji, told reporters. Parrikar, who has been getting elected from this constituency since 1994, had resigned in 2015 to take over as the defence minister.