panaji bjp election incharge for goa and former maharashtra cm devendra fadnavis said on monday that the sitting party mla from mandrem dayanand sopte would get the bjp ticket for the upcoming assembly election his remark put an end to the suspense over the constituency as former cm laxmikant parsekar had also staked claim for the ticketfadnavis said that when sopte is doing good work the party does not have to look elsewhere he said soptes supporters can start work right away to forge a victory like never seen before in mandrem for bjp dayanand sopte today is known as a man connected to the soil who works with the people and who is into politics not for himself but to work for society he saidsopte was elected on a congress ticket in the 2017 assembly elections defeating parsekar by over 7000 votes in october 2018 he along with shiroda mla subhash shirodkar congress joined bjp since then sopte and parsekar have been at loggerheadsearlier the obc morcha person was asking who will get the ticket fadnavis said speaking about the ticket to sopte one should not have such doubts bjp has a system in place a parliamentary board is part of the system even the chief ministers ticket is decided by the board but does it mean anyone can usurp his rightful ticket so some things are not to be asked you have to understand them you have such a good mla will the party then look elsewhere the former maharashtra cm was speaking at a bjp karyakarta event in mandremsopte meanwhile said that he has proven to be a giantkiller in mandrem on several occasions defeating heavyweights it is thanks to your affection that i could prove giantkiller people said publically that they want to finish me but i never uttered a bad word against anyone i just told myself time will tell who is finished said sopte he also said that mandrem had several leaders in the past who went on to become ministers and even chief minister but none did anything for the poor before himlater on monday evening sopte and parsekar shared the stage for the felicitation event of himachal pradesh governor rajendra arlekar at an event organised by parsekar at his institutefadnavis meanwhile paid rich tributes to former cm manohar parrikar this election is in a way our first election after our beloved leader manohar parrikar left us he said but in goa manohar bhai parrikar introduced politics based on development he was a creator of goas modern face and after parrikar pramod sawant has taken this tradition forwardhe also took potshots at trinamool congress and aam aadmi party comparing them to siberian migratory birds such siberian birds have come here some from delhi some from kolkata after elections siberian birds from delhi will return to delhi and those from kolkata will return to kolkata goa will get a bjp government yet again he saidfadnavis also said that congress is in a highlyconfused