Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Sunday announced its second list of candidates for the upcoming Goa Assembly election, two days after the party announced its first list of 10 candidates.

AAP’s Goa incharge Atishi released the list. In this list Goa convener Rahul Mhambre will contest from his hometown Mapusa besides Cruz Silva and Cecille Rodrigues who contested the 2017 assembly elections on AAP tickets from Velim and Taleigao constituencies.

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Other candidates include former BJP members Ramarao Wagh (San André) and Sudesh Mayekar (Calangute), Rajesh Kalangutkar (Maem), Prashant Naik (Cuncolim), Anoop Kurtadkar (Canacona), Anil Gaonkar (Sanvordem) and Sandesh Telekar (Fatorda).

In an announcement, Atishi said, “The Aam Aadmi Party is fully geared up to bring change in Goa. I am happy to declare the second list of candidates who are going to lead this political transformation!”

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Earlier the AAP released its first list of ten names that included former BJP minister Alina Saldanha and Mahadev Naik and others.

Initially, AAP indicated that it was open to alliances but later decided to go alone.

Goa’s 11.6 lakh-strong electorate will vote on February 14 in a single phase along with Punjab and Uttarakhand.

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Meanwhile, independent legislator Prasad Gaonkar resigned as an MLAs on Sunday and is expected to join the Congress party later in the day. The Congress also welcomed former Goa BJP’s youth wing leader Gajanan Tilve into the party to bolster its ranks ahead of the polls.