PANJIM: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today released a
list of seven more candidates for the upcoming Assembly polls in Goa, taking to
11 the number of its nominees to the 40-member House so far.
The formal announcement was made after AAPs Parliamentary
Affairs Committee in Delhi cleared the list.
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53-year-old Devendra Prabhu Parsekar Desai, a former MGP
leader and teacher has been fielded from North Goas Mandrem constituency which
is represented by Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar and considered a BJP
bastion for sometime now.
Desai had left MGP to join AAP recently and is also
associated with the People for Mopa movement supporting the construction of
international airport in Pernem taluka.
With the release of the current list, AAP has till now
announced a total of 11 candidates for the 40 seats in Goa Assembly. AAP is
contesting all the seats. It had announced the first list of four candidates
last month.
Former Congress MLA Giovanni Karl Vaz will contest from
Mormugao constituency, which is currently represented by the BJP. Vaz was a
Congress legislator between 2002-2007 before losing the assembly elections. His
father was also a MLA from Mormugao constituency.
AAP also announced the candidature of Olencio John Simoes, a
fishermen leader and teacher by profession, in Cortalim constituency.
Simoes, who is on the forefront of several social movements,
is the joint secretary of Goenchya Ramponkarancho Ekvot, an organisation of
traditional fishermen. He is also general secretary of All Goa Fishermen Union.
Cortalim constituency is currently represented by BJPs
minister Alina Saldanha, who had got elected in the bypoll after demise of her
husband Mathany Saldanha.
In Benaulim constituency currently represented by Goa Vikas
Party, AAP has fielded Royla Clarina Fernandes, who is an architect by
profession and is former member of Youth Congress. She is the only woman
candidate announced by AAP till date.
Former BJP Yuva Morcha leader Sitaram Gauns will be
contesting on the AAP ticket in Poriem constituency, which is a bastion of
Congress leader and former chief minister Pratapsinh Rane.
AAP has fielded Prithvi Amonkar in Siolim constituency
currently represented by BJPs minister Dayanand Mandrekar. Amonkar is a doctor
of alternative medicine.
In Marcaim constituency, currently represented by MGP leader
and Transport minister Sudin Dhavalikar, AAP has fielded Surel Tilva, a lawyer
by profession
