PANAJI
Water Resources Minister and Velim BJP MLA Filipe Nery Rodrigues Thursday resigned from the BJP and joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP).
He is expected to contest on the NCP party ticket from the Velim constituency.
Nery was inducted into the NCP in presence of NCP National General Secretary Praful Patel and other party leaders.
Speaking to reporters, Patel announced that Filip Nery Rodrigues would be the party candidate for the Velim constituency.
“The NCP is contesting elections with seriousness, and I am confident that people will accept our party,” said Patel.
He admitted that no party will get a clear majority in these elections.
The NCP also announced that Ravindra Talaulikar, Godfrey Lima, Aloshan DSilva and Domicio Barreto are the other candidates of NCP.
