01 Mar 2021  |   05:58am IST

Navelim ZP by-poll candidate

Team Herald

MARGAO: The Congress on Sunday declared Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress President Adv Pratima Coutinho to be its candidate for the by-election to Navelim Zilla Panchayat which was necessitated following the death of its then candidate Santa Rita Coelho alias Babush.

Announcing Pratima’s candidature, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar admitted that initially she was not willing to contest the elections but after discussing the matter with her, she finally agreed.

He said, “The entire Congress team will work unitedly to ensure Pratima wins and added that the party was confident of winning the elections with a thumping majority.”