Panaji: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday was amongst the first MLAs to tender his vote for President of India elections.
Talking to reporters, Sawant said that he has requested all the MLAs to vote for NDA Presidential Candidate Droupadi Murmu. “I am confident that we will get maximum votes,” he said.
BJP MLA Dr Deviya Rane, after voting, said that it was honour to vote for Droupadi Murmu. “We had interaction with her recently. It is an honour to vote for her,” she said.
Total 25 BJP and supporting MLAs and two MPs will be voting for Murmu.
All the opposition parties including Congress, Revolutionary Goans, Goa Forward Party and AAP which makes for 15 MLAs and a Member of Parliament will be voting for Yashwant Sinha, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Amit Patkar told reporters. He said that the opposition stands united and will vote for Sinha.
