The Nuvem MLA, who returned to active politics last year after five years in the political wilderness, is likely to bolster the BJP’s chances of wresting the South Goa Lok Sabha seat from his former party.
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The Trinamool Congress on Monday said it will announce a new candidate for the seat vacated by former Goa chief minister Luizinho Falerio, who resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP.
The development comes a day after the Election Commission withdrew the national party status of the TMC, along with the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the Communist Party of India (CPI).