Meet Pallavi Dempo, First Woman To Contest Lok Sabha Polls On BJP Ticket In Goa

For the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has picked Pallavi Dempo to contest from Goa's South GoaGoaGoa parliamentary constituency. Her name featured on the party's fifth list, which was released on Sunday and declared candidates for 111 seats.

Pallavi Demp (twitter.com/bibidempo)

“I am deeply grateful to the BJP for this nomination and accept it in all humility. We will try our level best to win this seat. I have always believed in (Prime Minister) Narendra Modi's vision of leadership, a vision that according to me, empowers everybody irrespective of caste creed or religion and equal opportunities to every section of society,” Dempo said upon her nomination.

The South Goa seat is currently held by the Congress' Francisco Sardinha, and the grand old party has bagged it 10 times. The BJP, on the other hand, has won twice: 1999 and 2014.