Goa Elections 2022: Congress Releases Fourth List Of Candidates, Wife Of Michael Lobo Gets Ticket

Delailah Lobo, wife of Michael Lobo, who will be contesting the assembly elections from Calangute, has been named as the candidate for the Siolim constituency in Goa.

New Delhi: The Indian National Congress (INC) on Wednesday released the fourth list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Goa.

Five candidates have been named in the list for the February 14 single-phase polls for the 40-member Goa assembly, news agency ANI reported. 

Delailah Lobo, wife of former BJP minister Michael Lobo, has been fielded from the Siolim constituency in Goa. Michael Lobo was formerly a minister under the BJP government. 

With this list, Congress has announced candidates for 29 of the 40 seats.

Besides Delailah Lobo, the candidates selected by the Congress Central Election Committee (CEC) for the upcoming election are: Kedar Naik, Advocate Carlos Alvares Ferreira, Dr Dinesh Jalmi, and Moreno Rebello. 

Naik, Ferreira, Jalmi, and Rebello will be contesting from the constituencies of Saligao, Aldona, Priol, and Curtorim respectively. 

On Tuesday, the Congress had released the third list of candidates, fielding Michael Lobo from Calangute. 

Michael Lobo and his wife quit the BJP and joined the Congress earlier this month.

Michael Lobo, who represented the Calangute Assembly constituency, was responsible for the state port and waste management departments in the Goa Cabinet.

Former Ponda MLA Lavu Mamledar, who resigned from Trinamool Congress last month after joining it weeks ago, will contest from Marcaim.

Vikas Prabhudessai has been given party's ticket from Porvorim while former independent MLA Prasad Goankar, who joined the Congress just 10 days back, has been nominated from Sanguem.

From Canacona, Janardan Bhandari has been named the Congress's candidate. Meghashyam Raut will contest from Bicholim while Aman Lotlikar has been fielded from Tivim.

In St. Andre, Congress has named Anthony Fernandes as its contender. In Sanquelim, Dharamesh Saglani will take on incumbent MLA and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.

In the first and the second list, Congress had named eight and seven candidates respectively.