BJP begins process of selecting candidates for Goa polls

"The meetings are going on with various constituency mandals. Their views are being heard. We will place all the inputs before the party's Central Parliamentary Committee which will finalise the list," BJP Goa unit president Vinay Tendulkar told reporters here today on sidelines of the state party's core committee meeting for selection of candidates.

Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar chaired the meeting.

To a question, Tendulkar said the list is likely to be announced in the first week of January.

"There is a possibility that three of the sitting MLAs might not be given ticket to re-contest," he said, refusing to name them.