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Alemao says anti-Mopa stir died down for want of support

Alemao says anti-Mopa stir died down for want of support
Churchill Alemao

MARGAO

Former PWD Minister Churchill Alemao has said the agitation against the Mopa airport died down for want of support from the people and the decision to keep out politicians from the movement.

When his attention was drawn to accusations by opponents that he used the anti-Mopa agitation to further  his political interests, Churchill rejected the agitation, saying the  people did not fully back the Save Goa Front to make an impact on the airport.

“The SGF won only two seats. We could not have our way with the then government to scrap Mopa, though the government gave us assurance that Dabolim will never be shut down,” he said.

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I back Mopa, but Dabolim must not be shut down: Sardinha

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Dec 5, 2022, 11:51 PM IST
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I back Mopa, but Dabolim must not be shut down: Sardinha

MARGAO South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha has lost the Assembly election from Curtorim constituency only twice in his political career spanning around 45 years, once in 1994 and then again in 2007.The four-time MP representing South Goa made no secret of the fact that while he had lost the 1994 polls on the Sonsodo garbage issue, he attributed his defeat in 2007 to the Mopa airport. Though a victim of the Mopa airport agitation, Sardinha, however, maintained his stand that…

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