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MARGAO
Strongly hinting that Goa will witness political developments after May 23 after the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are opened for counting, an optimistic Leader of the Opposition Babu Kavlekar asserted that he would be at the Governor’s house on May 24 ahead of the formation of a new government.
Kavlekar further went on to say that irrespective of the result at the Centre, Goa will have a new government in place after May 23. He accused the strong BJP lobby behind spreading false rumours that the Congress would lose heavily in the Lok Sabha polls and the three bypolls with an eye on the Panaji bypoll.
Declining to go into the numbers again at this stage, Kavlekar said, “For the moment, all I can say is that I will be at the Governor’s house on May 24 after the results of the Lok Sabha polls and bypolls will be out on May 23.”
Asserting that the Congress has no problem about the numbers, but have been waiting for the right moment to prove the numbers, Babu said, “How the Congress will muster the required numbers will be known on May 24.”
Opposition Leader Babu Kavlekar told The Goan on Wednesday that the Congress is on a strong wicket in the two Lok Sabha seats as well as in the bypolls. “I can say with confidence that our South Goa candidate Francisco Sardinha will win the seat by a huge margin. The Congress had surged in North Goa Lok Sabha as well and I am confident that our Party president Girish Chodankar will wrest the seat from Union Minister Shripad
