Sidharth takes oath as MLA

PANJIM: Sidharth Kuncalienkar, the newly elected BJP candidate from Panjim constituency, was sworn in as Member of the Legislative Assembly by Speaker Rajendra Arlekar at a simple ceremony held at Goa Vidhan Sabha Complex on Monday.

By Team Herald

Published: 24 February 2015

Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar, Deputy Speaker Anant Shet, Forest Minister Alina Saldanha, Minister for Fisheries Avertano Furtado, MLAs Glen Ticlo, Rajan Naik, Jose Luis Carlos Almeida, CCP Corporators and others was present at the ceremony.

Kuncalienkar contested and won the Panaji by-election by a comfortable margin, after the seat was vacated by former chief minister Manohar Parrikar who has been

elevated as Union Defence Minister. Parrikar was subsequently elected as MP from Uttar Pradesh.