Goa CM Pramod Sawant Leaves For Delhi, Will Meet BJP Chief JP Nadda To Finalise Election Candidates

PANAJI, (AGENCIES): With just three weeks left for the Goa polls, Goa CM Pramod Sawant left for New Delhi on Sunday morning along with the State Party President to meet with the party’s top brass. The poll-bound state CM is likely to meet Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda. Sawant is expected to meet other party leaders and discuss the route to the upcoming state polls.

The main item on the agenda is to finalise the list of party candidates for the polls on Feb 14.

Earlier, Pramod Sawant had welcomed the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) schedule for the upcoming Goa Assembly elections. Welcoming the dates of the polls, state CM Sawant had expressed full confidence over winning the upcoming polls and continuing BJP rule in the state. He had also welcomed the COVID-19 guidelines announced by the ECI.

Accepting the guidelines and schedule put forth by the ECI, CM Sawant had said, “I welcome ECI announcement. The way ECI has declared dates considering COVID spread I thank him on behalf of Goans. BJP will win with the complete majority in Goa. BJP is always in election mode.”