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Pranesh Naik has been elected unopposed as sarpanch of Aldona panchayat.
The post had fallen vacant following the resignation of Subhash Raut in a mutual agreement with the panch members. At a special meeting in the panchayat office, the candidature of Pranesh Naik was proposed by Deepak Naik and seconded by Priyanka Pinto. Since there was only one nomination, Pranesh Naik was elected unopposed.
Former sarpanch Francis D’Souza had been ousted from the post in a no-confidence motion and was replaced by Subhash Raut, a supporter of former Tivim MLA Kiran Kandolkar.
When Kandolkar joined Goa Forward Party, the ruling panchas were unhappy and they decided to pledge their loyalty to the BJP. The panchayat is now back in the hands of Ticlo.
