New Delhi, March 14 -- The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday said that it will be contesting bypolls in all the three Goa Assembly seats.

The party was in the process of short listing its candidates for Shiroda, Mandrem and Maspusa seats, where by-elections will be held along with the Lok Sabha polls in the state on April 23, said AAP Goa general secretary Pradeep Padgaonkar.

The bypolls to Shiroda and Mandrem were necessary as the sitting Congress MLAs resigned from the Assembly and party and joined BJP while the Maspusa seat fell vacant due to death of sitting BJP MLA Francis D'Souza.

He said his party does not approve MLAs resigning mid-way of their terms and forcing bypolls as it puts stress on state's finances.

"But since the seats are v...