Babush Monserrate Crushes Utpal Parrikar’s Problem in Excessive-Stakes Civic Sweep
3 min learnPanajiMar 13, 2026 10:05 PM IST
The panel led by Income Minister and Bharatiya Janata Social gathering’s Panaji MLA Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate recorded a thumping victory within the Company of the Metropolis of Panaji (CCP) elections Friday, successful 27 out of 30 wards within the civic physique.
The panel led by Monserrate, whose son Rohit was the incumbent CCP Mayor, was pitted in opposition to the ‘Ami Panjekar’ panel, launched by Utpal Parrikar – son of former Goa chief minister and BJP chief Manohar Parrikar. The ‘Ami Panjekar’ panel, which had the backing of opposition events together with Congress and AAP, obtained three seats. A complete of 69 candidates contested throughout 30 wards within the polls, which noticed a turnout of over 69 p.c on Wednesday. Although elections will not be fought on occasion strains, the competition was primarily between the 2 panels supported by rival political events.
‘Babush’ Monserrate advised media individuals: “I’m grateful to the BJP for giving me the chance to steer the panel. I’m grateful to the chief minister and our occasion president for having religion in me. It’s the people who find themselves supreme and the folks have proven it. I clearly advised the candidates that this can set the narrative for the meeting polls [in 2027]. All of the events got here collectively to defeat the BJP, however the BJP is so sturdy that the approaching collectively of those forces couldn’t defeat the BJP”.
He added: “I’m a little bit disillusioned that we misplaced three seats. I used to be positive that we’d win all 30 seats”.
Rohit Monserrate was re-elected with a margin of 273 votes. Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant congratulated the party-backed panel candidates on their ‘resounding victory’. Sawant mentioned the folks of Panaji have as soon as once more rejected “the politics of obstruction and negativity”.
“I categorical my heartfelt gratitude to the folks of Panaji for giving a convincing mandate to the BJP-led panel within the CCP polls and for as soon as once more reaffirming your belief in our dedication to serve town and proceed the momentum of all-round improvement. This mandate displays the religion of the folks in our imaginative and prescient for a progressive, clear and effectively ruled Panaji and strengthens our resolve to work with even higher dedication for the welfare of each citizen,” Sawant mentioned.
The chief minister mentioned the victory displays folks’s belief within the occasion, including that the outcomes are solely a ‘trailer’ and that the BJP will win 30 seats within the meeting polls subsequent yr.
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At a press convention within the night, Utpal Parrikar mentioned, “We had been anticipating to win at the very least ten seats. We settle for the folks’s mandate. We are going to analyse the ward-wise outcomes. Many candidates misplaced by a small margin. In round 10 wards, the loss margin is inside 100 votes and for 4 candidates, the margin of loss is inside 50 votes. The whole lot was stacked in opposition to us. We are going to proceed to have interaction with residents, elevate points that matter and work constructively to deal with the challenges our metropolis faces”.
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