All sitting MLAs can’t get a ticket: Goa CM on Assembly polls – Congress News | National,Politics

Panaji, Oct 6 : All sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs cannot be guaranteed a ticket for the 2022 state Assembly polls, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Wednesday.

"All parties do this.

Each and everyone (sitting MLAs) do not get a ticket.That depends on the performance and (an MLAs) connect with the people.

I am not saying that everyone will get a ticket.That is not possible at all.Everyone knows this," Sawant told reporters in Panaji.He said only the partys central leadership will take a call on who is to be allotted a ticket to contest the upcoming elections.

"Surveys are carried out by the local state team, the central team and the final ticket is allotted by the Centre.BJP is a central party with a Parliamentary Board.It decides on giving a ticket.

When the time comes to allot a ticket, the parliamentary board decides the ticket," Sawant said.Sawants announcement comes soon after the BJPs central leaders, including the partys National General Secretary C.T.Ravi and National President J.P.Nadda held a series of meetings with party MLAs in the course of the BJPs preparations for the 2022 state Assembly polls.At present, the BJP has 27 MLAs in the 40-member assembly, of which 13 have been legislators who quit the Congress and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party to join the saffron party .