Rupesh Samant

Panaji, May 2: Goa government will write to the Election Commission of India requesting to roll back code of conduct in South Goa, which was imposed as a part of Lok Sabha elections held on April 23.

The Code in North Goa will continue as Panaji Assembly segment, which is part of the district, will hold by-election on May 19.

State Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told reporters in Panaji that he would write to Election Commission of India on Thursday requesting to roll back the Code of Conduct in South district.

The Code of Conduct for entire state was imposed on March 10, 20189 after scheduled for Lok Sabha election was announced by ECI.

Sawant said that since there is no election happening in South Goa, the state government would request lifting of the code.

“Various developmental works in the constituency are pending due to code of conduct. We can start the process of development, once it is lifted,” he said.

The Chief Minister said that government would request for the total lifting of the code and not the partial. “We don’t want code to be lifted on case-to-case basis. It would be totally lifted,” he said.