BJP leads in Goa

Panaji, May 16 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Friday took leads in Goa's both Lok Sabha seats, officials said.

Narendra Savoikar of the BJP leads Congress' Aleixo Reginaldo by a slender margin of 1,428 votes in the Catholic-dominated South Goa seat, a traditional Congress bastion.

In the North Goa constituency, BJP's Shripad Naik is leading by 55,209 votes.