Change in Goa BJP leadership ahead of state polls unlikely

The party was earlier contemplating to replace the present Leader of Opposition Manohar Parrikar by former union minister and MP Sripad Naik. The party sources had stated that Naik would contest from Porvorim constituency, the neighouring capital city of Panaji.

However, senior BJP leader L K Advani, while addressing a press conference here today, said that the party does not want to lose Sripad Naik, as the Member of Parliament. "I don`t want to lose him (from the Parliament)," Advani said in response to a query.