Panaji:
Lawyer and social worker Amit Palekar is the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)’s chief ministerial candidate for Goa, party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced today.
Mr Palekar is from the OBC Bhandari community, which accounts for about 35 per cent of Goa’s population. He was recently in the news for his hunger strike to protest illegal construction at an Old Goa heritage site.
The 46-year-old, who joined AAP this October, is the party’s candidate from the St Cruz Assembly constituency currently represented by the BJP.
Mr Kejriwal and Mr Palekar hugged after the announcement at a function in Panaji. AAP MLA Atishi was also present.
