<p>Former Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Lavu Mamlatdar on Monday said he would be joining the Trinamool Congress and was keen to contest the 2022 Goa Assembly polls from Madkaim, a stronghold of MGP chief Sudin Dhavalikar.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/former-goa-cm-mla-luizinho-faleiro-resigns-from-house-likely-to-join-tmc-1034693.html" target="_blank">Former Goa CM, MLA Luizinho Faleiro resigns from House; likely to join TMC</a></strong></p>.<p>Mamlatdar, a former police officer who represented Ponda seat between 2012 and 2017, said he had been in discussions with the Mamata Banerjee-led party since September 1 and would be joining it formally in Kolkata on Tuesday.</p>.<p>"I would like to contest the 2022 Assembly polls from Madkaim," he told reporters.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos here:</strong></p>
<p>Former Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MLA Lavu Mamlatdar on Monday said he would be joining the Trinamool Congress and was keen to contest the 2022 Goa Assembly polls from Madkaim, a stronghold of MGP chief Sudin Dhavalikar.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/former-goa-cm-mla-luizinho-faleiro-resigns-from-house-likely-to-join-tmc-1034693.html" target="_blank">Former Goa CM, MLA Luizinho Faleiro resigns from House; likely to join TMC</a></strong></p>.<p>Mamlatdar, a former police officer who represented Ponda seat between 2012 and 2017, said he had been in discussions with the Mamata Banerjee-led party since September 1 and would be joining it formally in Kolkata on Tuesday.</p>.<p>"I would like to contest the 2022 Assembly polls from Madkaim," he told reporters.</p>.<p><strong>Check out DH's latest videos here:</strong></p>