MAPUSA
Former councillor and North Goa District BJP Vice President Franky Carvalho suffered another setback after his attempt to get the rival candidate’s nomination rejected fizzled out after the Returning Officer dismissed the objection raised.
Carvalho through his proxy candidate Santosh Korgaonkar raised an objection during the scrutiny of nomination papers on Friday claiming that Tarak Arolkar had fraudulently obtained OBC certificate by annexing a false and fabricated birth certificate of his late father Manguesh Arolkar.
Tarak Arolkar had filed his nomination from Ward 7, which is reserved for OBC general for the election of Mapusa Municipal Council.
Arolkar faced some anxious moments as arguments between his lawyer and that of the opposition lasted for more than an hour, which was finally decided in his favour.
“Objection was filed against Tarak Arolkar by another candidate. We have heard the objection and proceeded with the hearing. I have dismissed the objection and Arolkar’s candidacy has been accepted,” said Mamu Hage, Returning Officer for Mapusa civic elections.
It may be recalled the Deputy Collector of Bardez Kapil Phadte had rejected Carvalho’s caste certificate on Thursday.
According to the deputy collector, the Traditional Fishermen’s Association of North Goa that had issued the former councillor a ‘Catholic Kharvi’ community certificate had failed to renew its registration and therefore the certificate issued was “under cloud of suspicion”.
He also said the documents and documentary evidence provided by the former councillor could not establish his parental lineage.
In the meanwhile, after scrutiny the Returning Officer found 95 validly nominated candidates for the Mapusa Municipal Council elections.
“Two nominations were rejected and 95 forms were accepted,” Hage said.
One nomination was rejected for non-production of OBC certificate and the second for not fulfilling age criteria as the candidate was found less than 21 years of age.
PANAJI: After the scrutiny of nominations on Friday and rejection of 3 nominations, 451 candidates remained in the fray for elections to five municipal councils.
A total of 136 nominations were found valid for Mormugao, Margao(115), Mapusa (95), Quepem (62), Sanguem (43). Withdrawal of nominations will be accepted today (Saturday). Polling will be held on April 23.
Meanwhile, nominations for by-polls to two panchayats wards have been finalised. Papers of 5 candidates for Karapur Sarvan Ward II were found in order while for Velim ward IV a total of 4 nominations cleared the deck.
VASCO: As many as 136 candidates have been cleared to contest the 25 wards of the Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC), following scrutiny of nominations on Friday.
Speaking to reporters, Mormugao Dy Collector Sachin Desai said the process to scrutinise the nominations began on Friday morning.
"During the scrutiny process, all nominations have been accepted and 136 candidates are eligible to contest the MMC elections.”
“Candidates will be allowed to withdraw nominations till 3 pm on Saturday. After 3 pm, we will allot symbols to candidates, followed by a briefing to all candidates," said Desai.
Meanwhile, the highest number of nominations (11) have been filed in Wards 12 and 17.
There are three nominations each in Wards 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 15, 19 and 24, four nominations each in Wards 1, 2, 18 and 23, five nominations each in Wards 7 and 22, six nominations each in Wards 3, 14 and 16, seven nominations each in Wards 4 and 25, and eight nominations each in Wards 10, 11, 20 and 21.
MARGAO: All the 115 nomination papers filed by candidates for the Margao Municipal Council election were found in order at the time of scrutiny.
Returning Officer, Jyoti Kumari informed that all the 115 candidate, who had filed their nomination papers for the polls, were found in order.
Saturday is the date for withdrawal of nomination papers.
Given that a group of Congress workers have filed their nomination papers as Independent candidates in the ensuing polls, all eyes are focused on the Congress party whether the party leadership will step in to get their candidature withdrawn from the fray.
