MARGAO: Nuvem BJP MLA Wilfred (Babashan) D’Sa has vowed not to contest on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket in the forthcoming Assembly elections in 2022.
Speaking to Herald, the Nuvem MLA said, “I will not contest on BJP again in the forthcoming Assembly elections. I had joined BJP to undertake development works and such issues (coal and double tracking protests) did not exist then. I have already said that I will not contest on the BJP symbol. The party knows. I know. The people know. I have told the people.”
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In 2017, ‘Babashan’ won from the Nuvem constituency in South Goa on the Congress ticket, trouncing former minister Francisco Xavier Pacheco, popularly known as ‘Mickky but in 2019, the Nuvem legislator along with nine other opposition Congress MLAs switched political colours joining BJP. For this, Babashan was rewarded with the post of the SGPDA chairman.
