A two-time MLA from Calangute constituency, Lobo has been eyeing the neighbouring Siolim constituency ticket for his wife Delilah, who has been a sarpanch of Parra village in Lobo’s constituency. Delilah has already begun meeting supporters and launched her door-to-door campaign in Siolim, that was represented by the Goa Forward Party in the current outgoing assembly.Michael Lobo is the first Minister to quit the BJP government in the run-up to the February 14 polls. BJP MLAs in the outgoing assembly, Alina Saldanha and Carlos Almeida are the other elected representatives from the ruling party to have quit before the polls. While Saldanha has joined AAP and been declared a candidate from Cortalim, Almeida has joined Congress and is hoping for a nomination from Vasco.Lobo’s close aide Kedar Naik, sarpanch of Reis Magos village that falls in the Saligao constituency, too resigned from the BJP last week, citing the party’s disregard for loyal karyakartas (workers). Naik later joined the Congress and launched his own campaign in Saligao, where Lobo too was seen making his presence felt on Sunday.
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