Congress will meet same fate in Goa polls as it did in BMC: BJP

PANAJI: The BJP here today said that the results of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) polls would be replicated in the March 3 Goa Assembly elections.

Leader of Opposition in State Assembly, Manohar Parrikar said the forthcoming polls will be Congress' waterloo in Goa.

"Goa results will be same as that of the BMC, where Congress-NCP combine has taken a beating," he told reporters here today.

In BMC, of the 227 seats, the BJP-Shiv Sena combine won 106 seats, while the Congress-NCP won 64 seats.

BJP which is mid way through its campaign in the state, has said that the party's manifesto would be released on Sunday by national leader Ravi Shankar Prasad.

The party has entered into seat sharing with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP), state's oldest regional outfit.