Utpal Parrikar, son of late Goa Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stalwart Manohar Parrikar, resigned from the BJP on Friday and announced that he would contest as an independent candidate from the Panaji Assembly constituency after the party top brass denied him a ticket from the seat ahead of the upcoming Goa Assembly election.
Addressing reporters in Panaji, Mr. Utpal Parrikar said that he had decided to contest as he wanted to give people an option, and that the time had come to stand up for the values that were steadily eroding in the present BJP.
