MARGAO
Anticipating the BJP to name the party candidate for the South Goa Lok Sabha seat on Monday, Goa Congress President Amit Patkar and Opposition leader Yuri Alemao have rushed to the national capital on Sunday.
Indications from the Opposition camp, however, show that the Congress would declare party candidate only after the ruling BJP names its candidate for South Goa.
Sources in the Congress informed that the Party leadership has taken a decision not to rush with the party candidate for South Goa, but to declare the candidate only after the ruling party does so.
The Congress leadership on Sunday was apparently keeping track of the developments in the BJP, more so after reports did the rounds whether the party would zero in on the candidature of industrialist Pallavi Dempo for South Goa.
Since the BJP began scouting for a probable woman candidate for South Goa, the Congress leadership seemed keeping its plans over the candidate close to its chest.
The battle for the Congress ticket for the South Goa seat has now almost narrowed between four-time sitting MP, Francisco Sardinha and social activist and ex-serviceman, Captain Viriato Fernandes.
In fact, the Congress leadership has been weighing the options at its disposal in the event the BJP finally decides to field a woman candidate, even though a woman candidate may turn out a remote possibility at this late stage.
