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Alliance with BJP is decided, only bargaining is left: Sudin

If we do not maintain our alliance, several ongoing projects could hit a dead end, PWD Minister and MGP leader Ramakrishna “Sudin” Dhavalikar has said adding that in the interest of the projects and the people of Goa he would stick to the alliance with rnthe BJP.


Warns partner against taking in party hoppers

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Speaking to reporters, Dhavalikar also took a dig at BJP saying that if party hoppers join the party, its image would fall.   “It is already decided that we will be together. We will ask 14 seats, if they don’t give us 14 seats we are prepared to negotiate, several options are being thought off. The alliance is decided, only the discussions and bargaining is left,” Dhavalikar said.   
“If not, projects which are ongoing, will they complete? No ? These projects have to be completed because they are for the people of Goa.   
The National Highways Authority of India as well as the PWD Department have undertaken several projects in the State especially that of roads and bridges with an investment of Rs 10,000 crore.   
“We are in the alliance and everybody knows this. Media knows, our party knows, BJP knows and I know as well. In this situation, there is no meaning to what others say,” Dhavalikar said adding that any party’s image will go down if they accept party hoppers in their party. 
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State govt mulls old criteria of allocating octroi grants to VPs

The State government is exploring the possibility of reverting to the earlier criteria of allocating grants in lieu of octroi on fuel instead of distributing the grants equally among all 190 panchayats based on the number of wards under each panchayat.

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Published Oct 21, 2016, 4:38 AM IST
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the goan I networkPANAJISpeaking to The Goan, Panchayat Minister Rajendra Arlekar stated: “The department is presently thinking on these lines. Previously, the criterion was sale of fuel in the area demarcated to each Panchayat. This was changed and allocations were made ward-wise. We are now trying to revert to earlier criterion.”  Sources from the Department of Panchayats disclosed that on October 10, a file proposing an amount of Rs 14 crore for 190 panchayats and Rs…

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