Panaji May 10 (IANS) Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will contest from the Panaji legislative assembly seat for the upcoming bypoll state BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said on Wednesday.
Parrikar a former Defence Minister and currently a member of the Rajya Sabha was rushed to state politics in March.
He leads the Bharatiya Janata Party-led coalition government in Goa but is not an elected member of the 40-member state legislative assembly.
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Parrikar will contest bypoll from Panaji: Goa BJP chief
