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MARGAO
City-based High Court lawyer, Adv Cleofato Coutinho, who has emerged as strong contender for the South Goa Lok sabha ticket with the reported backing of section of Congress MLAs belonging to the Digambar Kamat camp, met Congress president Rahul Gandhi in Hubbali on Saturday.
When contacted, Adv Coutinho, however, said that his meeting with Rahul Gandhi had nothing to do with politics, but was in connection with the Dakshinayan Abhiyan’s meeting. “There was nothing political about my meeting with Rahul Gandhi. I along with members of the Dakshinayan Abhiyan had gone to Hubbali for a meeting of activists with the Congress president. No politics concerning Goa was discussed with Rahul Gandhi at Hubbali”, Adv Coutinho added.
Sources in the know said that Adv Coutinho’s candidature has found favour with the group of MLAs belonging to the Digambar Kamat camp. And, with his name figuring in the list of candidates forwarded by the South Goa district Congress panel to the Pradesh Election Committee, Adv Coutinho has emerged as one of the contenders for the Congress ticket.
