MAPUSA
Former Mapusa chairperson Sudhir Kandolkar said anyone could contest from his ward but the final decision was with the voters.
“Anyone can contest in my ward because it is an open ward. Our voters in the ward will decide who to elect,” Kandolkar said when told that former chairperson Rupa Kandokar was likely to contest from his ward under the BJP panel.
Disagreeing with the perception that he was still close to the BJP, the former chairperson said he has been accepted by people from across party labels.
“When I contested the by-elections in Mapusa, I got 10,000 votes which is no mean feat. You cannot say all those votes are Congress votes. All Mapshekars supported me,” he said.
