Former MMC vice-chairperson Ethel Lobo’s Diwali greeting board lies displaced behind Ravindra Bhavan in Margao, allegedly to make way for MLA Vijai Sardesai’s board. Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
Former Margao Municipal Council vice-chairperson Ethel Lobo on Monday cried foul after a board put up by her, extending Diwali greetings to the people of Fatorda, was found lying behind Ravindra Bhavan in Margao.
The board was subsequently overshadowed by another board bearing the name of Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai.
Blaming her political rival for the incident, Lobo said that her board could simply have been shifted rather than thrown down. She alleged that the MLA’s board had been put up at the same spot deliberately to overshadow hers. “These are petty things that cannot be accepted. Perhaps my board must have ruffled the feathers of the MLA,” she said.
Lobo also indicated that she was open to contesting the 2027 Assembly election, provided the people supported and backed her candidature.
Asked whether she would stake a claim for the Congress ticket, Lobo said, “I have been working for the Congress for the last 32 years. Everyone knows how the Congress has treated workers like me in the end. The party does not recognise grassroots workers. There was no respect for me or my hard work. However, I have decided to move on,” she added.
