PM Modi in Goa today: Will he endorse Amit Shah’s ‘Parrikar for Goa’ remark?

BJP workers estimate a crowd of at least 50,000 for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally in Panaji on Saturday, a constituency that has elected a BJP MLA for the last five assembly elections – Manohar Parrikar. With barely a week to go for Goa to once again elect a new government, there is a sense of worry among BJP party workers – will the party manage to reach anywhere close to the magic figure of 21? The worry among party cadre is understandable – given that current Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar has already been sidelined by the party – his campaigning is largely restricted to his own constituency of Mandrem – a huge anti-incumbency sentiment, and its former alliance partner the MGP deciding to pull out and support the RSS faction, Goa Suraksha Manch, which has decided to ‘teach the BJP a lesson’.