{"id":107539,"date":"2025-11-17T21:10:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:40:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=107539"},"modified":"2025-11-17T21:10:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T15:40:43","slug":"aap-announces-first-list-of-candidates-for-upcoming-zilla-panchayat-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=107539","title":{"rendered":"AAP announces first list of candidates for upcoming Zilla Panchayat Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Goa Khabar : The Aam Aadmi Party Goa today officially released its first list of 14 candidates for the upcoming Zilla Panchayat elections. The announcement was made by AAP Goa State President Adv. Amit Palekar and Goa State Prabhari Atishi. AAP stated that every candidate has been selected based on their ground-level work, public service, and community involvement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

List of AAP Candidates Announced:<\/p>\n

Morjim \u2013 Suvarna Harmalkar<\/p>\n

Dhargal \u2013 Prasad Shahapurkar<\/p>\n

Sirsai \u2013 Umesh Kauthankar<\/p>\n

Maem \u2013 Perpet Michael D\u2019Mello<\/p>\n

Corlim \u2013 Pascal Fernandes<\/p>\n

Nagaragao \u2013 Arjun Gurav<\/p>\n

Raia \u2013 Luis Oliveira<\/p>\n

Velim \u2013 Isaca Fernandes<\/p>\n

Benaulim \u2013 Joseph Pimenta<\/p>\n

Colva \u2013 Antonio Leao Fernandes<\/p>\n

Navelim \u2013 Beatris D\u2019Souza<\/p>\n

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Sanvordem \u2013 Urmila Umesh Kalekar<\/p>\n

Xeldem \u2013 James Fernandes<\/p>\n

Poinguinim \u2013 Rajesh Gaonkar<\/p>\n

Goa State Prabhari Atishi said: \u201cOur candidates are not mere contestants \u2014 they are people who have worked on the ground, helped thousands through AAP\u2019s health camps, and stood with citizens in every struggle. We wish them the very best as they take this service-oriented politics to every home.\u201d<\/p>\n

AAP Goa President Adv. Amit Palekar said \u201cAAP has been a formidable opposition to the BJP government \u2014 whether it is exposing corruption, fighting for healthcare, or raising issues of youth and women. Now, we carry this work among the people and ask for their vote.”<\/p>\n

Valmiki Naik, Working President & National Spokesperson said \u201cOur first list of ZP candidates reflects exactly what makes AAP different \u2014 every name on this list is a grassroots worker who has earned people\u2019s trust through real service. While other parties distribute tickets based on favouritism and deals, AAP selects those who have worked on the ground and connected with the common Goan. That is why our model appeals to ordinary families \u2014 because AAP\u2019s politics is sincere, honest, and centred around people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gerson Gomes, Working President said \u201cThe candidates announced today will take the proven work of AAP MLAs Capt. Venzy Viegas and Engr. Cruz Silva directly before the people. From free clinics, roads, electricity, and community building our MLAs have delivered tangible results, and now our ZP candidates will carry this work forward in every village. This first list shows the strength and seriousness with which AAP is contesting the ZP elections. We step before the public with our work \u2014 not empty promises \u2014 and we confidently seek their vote.\u201d<\/p>\n

AAP Goa reaffirmed its commitment to bringing clean, accountable, and people-first governance to the panchayat level, stating that the upcoming ZP elections will be fought on the issues of healthcare, youth empowerment, corruption-free governance, and local development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Goa Khabar : The Aam Aadmi Party Goa today officially released its first list of 14 candidates for the upcoming Zilla Panchayat elections. The announcement was made by AAP Goa State President Adv. Amit Palekar and Goa State Prabhari Atishi. AAP stated that every candidate has been selected based on their ground-level work, public service, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":107540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-107539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107539"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":107542,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107539\/revisions\/107542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}