Laxmikant Parsekar

Former Goa chief minister and senior BJP leader Laxmikant Parsekar, who was denied ticket by the party for the next month's state Assembly elections, said he will resign from the ruling party

On Sunday, Chodankar met Parsekar, where sources said the two discussed ways and means to defeat Sopte in the yet-to-be-scheduled Mandrem by-poll

Parsekar wrote a letter to the Goa Governor Mridula Sinha, seeking the removal of Sudin and Deepak Dhawalikar

The accident took place in front of CM Laxmikant Parsekar's motorcade, which was passing by a bus stand in Panaji

He expressed regret over the unceremonious removal of Subhash Velingkar as the state RSS Chief

Chief Minister said GST Bill which was passedin Parliament earlier this month is being studied by Finance Department

He recalled how in 2012 when mining activity was stopped by Supreme Court, the state plunged into financial instability

Parsekar also said that Goa should capitalise on the state's tourism potential, BRICS summit will be held in Goa during mid-October

Chief minister said there are 18 licences for on-shore casino and six for off-shore are issued by the Home Department

Goa Anti-Terrorism Squad and security agencies maintain vigil to identify security suspects or dangerous elements to thwart terror attacks, said Parsekar

Pacheco alleged on the floor of the House that the state government was protecting the tainted officer

Working towards granting special status to Goa was also one of the poll planks of the BJP

Of those arrested, 98 were foreign nationals, including 59 Nigerians, 13 Nepalis, 3 Israelis, Russians and Britons

The former CM of Goa also indicated that he may not come back to state politics soon

Parsekar said he will continue to serve people be it through politics or social work

Sports minister was chargesheeted by police in a seven year old case in which he allegedly took away two persons from custody

The former state education minister is currently in police custody on the charges of rape of a minor.

The Goa CM, whose tenure ends in March 2017, also said that the party would like to continue its alliance with MGP during the elections

The CM said that he was forced to deal with the issue, which was like taking care of someone else's 'children'.