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Silveira denies role, panchas say threatened

OLD GOA
St Andre MLA Francisco Silveira said he had no role whatsoever in the fiasco that played out at the Siridao panchayat during the no-confidence motion against Sarpanch Jagdish Gauns on Friday.

Meanwhile, two of the four panchas who signed no-confidence motion alleged that they received threats to abstain from voting on the motion.

Speaking to the reporters on Friday, former sarpanch Camilo Marques stated that last night, around 25 bouncers were sent to his place to threaten him so that he could not participate in the no-confidence motion.


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Law & order collapse, shout MLAs in House

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Jul 31, 2021, 12:40 AM IST
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MAPUSAThe controversial events preceding the no-confidence motion against the Siridao-Palem sarpanch reverberated in the State Legislative Assembly on Friday with the opposition labeling the deplorable incidents as total collapse of law and order in the State.Raising the issue just before the Question Hour, Fatorda MLA, Vijai Sardessai informed the House that police had locked the Siridao-Palem panchayat office raising uncertainty over the meeting to discuss the no-trust…

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