India, April 25 -- Panaji by-poll has become an emotional affair for BJP due to late Goa chief minister Manohar Parrikar. Therefore, the party is considering to field his elder son Utpal Parrikar from Panaji assembly seat. He is one of the two persons shortlisted by the BJP to contest the upcoming by-poll in the Panaji Assembly seat.

A party leader said on Thursday that Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar on Wednesday held discussions with various party units, including the Panaji block committee, to discuss the names of probable's. The senior BJP leader said on condition of anonymity, "Two names have been shortlisted, one is Utpal Parrikar and the other is Siddharth Kunkolienkar." Both the names would be sent to the party's parliamentary ...