Panaji Assembly By-Poll

PM Modi congratulated Chief Minister Manohar Parikkar for "impressive" by-poll victories (File)New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on winning the Panaji Assembly by-poll, which he described as "impressive".Mr Parrikar, the former Defence Minister, won by 4803 votes, defeating his rival from Congress Girish Chodankar.The Prime Minister also congratulated BJP's Vishwajit Rane on his electoral victory in Valpoi constituency.​Rane...

Manohar Parrikar, seen here with Tarun Vijay, seems to be fond of election day selfiesPanaji: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday propounded a new genre of electoral mathematics, claiming that one selfie taken on polling day translates into as many as 20 votes in the kitty.Mr Parrikar, who contested the by-polls to the Panaji assembly constituency on Wednesday, told reporters at the state BJP headquarters that he had posed for as many as 400 selfies on polling day, which, he...

Manohar Parrikar is confident of winning the Panaji by-elections.Panaji:  Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Wednesday expressed confidence of winning the Panaji assembly by-poll with a bigger margin as there was "virtually no opposition" in the contest.He said 98 per cent of his party's voters would be stepping out to cast their ballots. "My lead will increase," Mr Parrikar said.