Five-time MLA, one-time member of Parliament and chief minister for 19 days, Churchill Alemao is ready to hang his boots after the 2022 election as a Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate.
Utpal Parrikar quit the BJP to contest the Panaji assembly seat as an independent candidate. He says this is not about being an MLA, but to carry forward the values of his father Manohar Parrikar.
After a decade of uncertainty, mining features less prominently in the electoral rhetoric of Goa’s politicians, reflecting perhaps the waning influence of the sector.