CANACONA
Fatima Rodrigues has resigned as sarpanch of Agonda after having served the post for about nine months.
According to sources, Rodrigues, who was elected unopposed and had a smooth run so far being in good books with Speaker and Canacona MLA Ramesh Tawadkar, submitted her resignation papers at the end of last week, and reportedly cited personal reasons for decision to submit the resignation.
While his resignation surprised residents, Rodrigues insisted there was nothing unusual in her resignation.
“My resignation is as per our ruling group’s decision to amicably rotate the chair of Sarpanch among us. I was, however, supposed to resign after a year, but am resigning a few months earlier as my family and I will be out of station for about two months and our panchayat should not suffer on account of my absence,” said Rodrigues.
