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MAPUSA: Sixty candidates, including chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar and several of his cabinet colleagues, filed nominations on Monday for the February 4 elections.Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar, who is BJP's candidate in Mandrem, filed his nomination before the returning officer at Pernem. He was accompanied by Union minister Shripad Naik and around 400 supporters.On AAP's impact in Goa, Parsekar said, "The people of Goa are not fools to vote for AAP. BJP will certainly cross 26 seats. "In Mapusa constituency, only one nomination was filed by deputy chief minister Francis D'Souza who was accompanied by his supporters to file his nomination before returning officer Gurudas Desai on Monday. He was joined by other candidates of the GFP as well..