margao the bjp camp in salcete is upbeat by winning the navelim seat the party has achieved albeit in part what manohar parrikars famed mission salcete was aimed at making inroads in the catholic dominated salcete taluka bjp had contested in all 8 constituencies of salcete this time unlike in the previous two elections where it had supported independents or fringe outfits in an attempt to gain a foothold in what was previously the congress citadel ulhas tuenkar turned out to be the only bjp candidate to win in salcetewhat makes the navelim victory sweeter for bjp a source in the bjp camp said is the fact that ulhas is from among the bjp cadre a true homebred karyakarta tuenkars victory has now fuelled demands for a ministerial berth for the loyal grassroots workertuemkar turned out to be a dark horse in navelim constituency defeating his nearest rival tmcs valanka alemao by 430 votes bjps final tally in navelim was determined largely on the strength of tuenkars personal appeal in addition to bjp partys traditional votes political sources said