PERNEM
Subhash Dhargalkar was elected unopposed as sarpanch of Dhargal panchayat on Monday.
The post had fallen vacant after former sarpanch Sunita Raul had resigned.
Dhargalkar’s candidature was proposed by Pradip Naik and seconded by Sunita Raul.
Seven of the nine panchas, Shripad Patekar, Sunita Raul, Subhash Dhargalkar, Sonali Salgaonkar, Vallabh Varadkar, Aradhana Naik and Pradip Naik were present at the meeting while two panchas, Arjun Kanulkar and Daji Shirodkar, were absent.Krishna Gadekar from the Pernem BDO presided over the special meeting and he was assisted by panchayat secretary Francis Fernandes.
