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Babush, Joshua, Sopte, Shirodkar take oath today

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Victors of the recent by-elections  to the four assembly constituencies of Mandrem, Mapusa, Panaji and  Shiroda will take oath as MLAs at the Goa legislative assembly complex  on Tuesday morning.  

Official sources said the four MLAs-elect will take oath in  the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) hall at 11 am. They will be  administered the oath by acting Speaker Michael Lobo in the presence of  Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other legislators.  

Of the four, Joshua De Souza who has been elected from  Mapusa, makes his debut as MLA and it will be the first time that he  takes the oath. The other three -- Subhash Shirodkar (Shiroda), Dayanand  Sopte (Mandrem) and Atanasio Monserrate (Panaji) -- have all been  members of the House on multiple occasions in the past.  

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Published May 28, 2019, 2:19 AM IST
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