The visit will be Gandhi’s first since the Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the assembly polls in the coastal state. The Congress is contesting the polls in alliance with the Goa Forward Party.
Congress has so far announced its candidates for 36 out of the 40 assembly seats in Goa, according to a report by news agency ANI. The party released its first list of eight candidates in December 2021 and in its latest announcement on Thursday (January 27) said that Ranjit Rane would contest from the Poriem assembly seat instead of former CM Pratapsingh Rane. It also fielded Khemlo Sawant from the Sanvordem constituency.
