Former Goa CM Laxmikant Parsekar hints at defying BJP if not given bypoll ticket

Former Goa chief minister and senior BJP leader Laxmikant Parsekar Monday hinted that he could contest the upcoming Mandrem Assembly bypoll as an Independent candidate if his party refused to give him a ticket. 

Mandrem and Shiroda bypolls were necessitated after Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar resigned from the Goa Assembly and joined the ruling BJP in October last year. 

"I have been traditionally contesting from this constituency. Party workers want me to contest the bypo .. 
 
 

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