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Congress, BJP concerned over new entrants in Goa polls

While the AAP is eroding the support base of Congress, BSM and MGP are denting the voter base of BJP

Goa polls, Assembly elections 2017
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Amit Agnihotri New Delhi
The entry of new players has made the results of the Goa assembly polls unpredictable for strategists in both the Congress and the ruling BJP.
 
According to sources, while the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is eroding the support base of the Congress, the Bhasha Suraksha Manch (BSM) and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) are denting the voter base of BJP. RSS rebel Subhash Velingkar is behind BSM while MGP has been anti-BJP before.

The solace for the Congress managers is that they are on a less weak wicket than BJP. They say the impact of the note ban, which hurt the

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