Aam Aadmi Party names Amit Palekar as chief ministerial candidate for the upcoming Goa elections 2022, said party's National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday.
"Amit Palekar will be AAP's chief ministerial candidate for the Goa Assembly polls.
Amit Palekar is an advocate by profession and comes from the Bhandari community," said the Delhi Chief Minister. AAP has also announced that it will contest all 40 seats in Goa.
Apart from the ruling BJP and opposition Congress, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC), the Shiv Sena and other parties are also in the battle.
Goa will go to the assembly polls on February 14. The counting of votes will take place on March 10.
Amit Palekar, AAP CM candidate for Goa Assembly election, 2022 said, “I'm guaranteeing you a corruption-free Goa. We will get back Goa's lost glory, a Goa everyone dreamt of. I will keep every word that I have said and that is my guarantee.”