It’s Sardinha again

BY A GT REPORTER

PANJIM: The All India Congress Committee (GPCC) on Saturday (March 28) announced sitting MP Francisco Sardinha as its candidate from South Goa constituency for the Lok Sabha elections slated on April 23.
Sardinha’s candidature was finalised at a meeting of the Central Election Committee (CEC) chaired by AICC president Sonia Gandhi.
This is for the third time Sardinha will contest the Lok Sabha election from South Goa constituency. He first won the seat in 1998 mid-term elections and again got elected in the by-election held in October 2007.
When contacted, Sardinha thanked the party for giving him the ticket again to contest the Lok Sabha election. “I am sure that all party men will work during the election. The victory is ours and that will give another opportunity to serve the people for next five years,” Sardinha said.
Asked about the fate of the amendment to The Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Bill introduced in the Parliament, Sardinha said that his Private Member’s would lapse with the dissolution of the current Parliament and added that it would again bring the amendment in the first session of the new Parliament.
He said that the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification affecting the traditional fishermen was in the concurrent list and expressed confidence that the Congress party would solve this issue in the larger interest of the people of Goa.
Meanwhile, it is learnt that the North Goa seat as been alloted to Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), who will announce its candidate by today, March 29.