MARGAO
Saxttikars booted out all the three defectors from the taluka, who had embraced the BJP in the last term after getting elected on the Congress banner.
Ex-Minster, Filipe Nery Rodrigues, ex-MLA Wilfred D’Sa and sitting BJP Cuncolim candidate Clafacio Dias all bit the dust at the hustings.
Incidentally, ex-Minister Filipe Nery finished a poor fifth in the ranking, after Revolutionary Goans Party candidate Dagley Fernandes, while Wilfred D’Sa finished third in the race for the Nuvem seat.
The trio was part of the 10-member group, which had quit the Congress and joined the BJP after splitting the party with two-third majority. While Clafacio had decided to seek re-election on the BJP banner, both Filipe Nery and Wilfred had quit the BJP to contest on the NCP and Independent respectively.
