Silent Wave In My Favour: Manohar Parrikar's Son, An Independent In Goa
NDTV
Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, is contesting the Goa polls as an independent from Panaji after BJP denied him a ticket from the seat.
Asserting that there is a silent wave in his favour, Utpal Parrikar, elder son of late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is contesting the February 14 Assembly election as an independent candidate from the Panaji seat, has said he was a favoured choice after his father's death in 2019, but was denied poll ticket by the BJP due to local politics.
On the BJP offering him three seats other than Panaji for next week's election, Mr Parrikar (41), a businessman, said the fight was "never for options".
After being denied ticket by the BJP, Mr Parrikar is contesting against sitting BJP MLA Atanasio Monserrate, a local heavyweight.
Mr Monserrate had defeated BJP candidate in the bypoll necessitated after the death of Manohar Parrikar in 2019, but in a coup, a bunch of Congress MLAs broke away from the party and joined the saffron fold months later.
