Panaji: Union MSME minister Narayan Rane has announced that he would be working with the local BJP unit to win the South Goa Lok Sabha seat for the 2024 election.
Rane on Saturday said that he has been appointed as an in-charge for South Goa Lok Sabha along with South Mumbai seat.
The Union Minister was addressing a press conference in presence of Chief minister Pramod Sawant, BJP Goa President Sadanand Shet Tanavade, Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar, State General Secretaries Narendra Sawaikar and Damodar Naik and others.
“I have been given responsibility of South Goa and South Mumbai. I have been tasked to prepare the party for the upcoming Lok Sabha election,” he said.
BJP had lost South Goa Lok Sabha seat for the last election where Congress candidate Fransisco Sardinha had won.
Rane said that he came to Goa on Friday and he would be frequently visiting the coastal state as a part of this mission.
We are planning to ensure that BJP will win the South Goa Lok Sabha seat. He said that out of 20 MLAs in South Goa, total 12 are with BJP.
He said that during the last Lok Sabha polls, BJP lost the seat with a margin of 10,000 votes. “We want to increase the voters’ base in this constituency,” Rane said adding that we will adopt progressive, development oriented and positive way to woo more voters.
Rane said that the work that Central government led by Narendra Modi has done during Covid-19 pandemic and all other schemes that are launched by the government should be projected amongst the voters.
He said that the development executed by state government led by chief minister Pramod Sawant will also help the party to win on both – North and South Goa- Lok Sabha seats.
Rane said that Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) is with the BJP in the state government and the party will support the party candidate.
