Panaji, Jan 10: Divisions seem to be surfacing in
the Congress and NCP in Goa with both allies announcing their
decision to contest the North Goa Lok Sabha seat.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Subhash
Shirodkar on Saturday announced his party's decision to field a
candidate from the seat, just two days after NCP president
Sharad Pawar said that his party would contest from the
constituency.
Asked about Pawar's announcement, Shirodkar said that the
NCP chief's statement was meant "only for public consumption".
He said that the Congress had been preparing to contest the
North Goa seat and even discussed names of two-three probable
candidates.
In the last Parliamentary elections, the North Goa
seat was contested by NCP while South Goa was given to
Congress.
Shirodkar said that it was premature to talk about seat
-sharing at this point of time.
"It is too premature. Let's wait till the end of
February. Nothing has been decided yet," he said.
Bureau Report
First Published: Saturday, January 10, 2009, 00:00