‘Babu was told about Congress ticket denial’

PANAJI: Secretary of All India Congress Committee (

AICC

) incharge of Goa desk, A Chella Kumar said that he had told former panchayat minister

Manohar Azgaonkar

alias Babu that he would not get the ticket for the 2017 polls.

Chella Kumar told STOI that Azgaonkar had supported

Goa Forward Party

’s ‘maad yatra’ and said that he would be denied the ticket due to anti-party activities. “We will not be surprised if two or three more Congressmen quit as we are not keen on giving them tickets. We are not interested in ‘polluted’ Congressmen” he said

On the exit of

Mauvin Godinho

, he said that it is time for Union defence minister Manohar Parrikar to explain about the corruption charges leveled by him against the outgoing

Dabolim MLA

. “Parrikar called Mauvin most corrupt. And now they are embracing corruption. Is it not an indication that BJP leaders who speak of principles in public life are linked to the corrupt?” he asked.