MAPUSA
A former councillor and Congressman was among the two who filed nominations on Saturday, taking the total number of nominations for the civic polls in Mapusa to seven.
Luis Antonio Alvares who had joined Congress a couple of months back has filed his nomination from Ward 15, which is a general ward, while Savio James Souza has filed his nomination from Ward 2, which is again a general ward.
Alvares along with his supporters had joined the Congress in November last year.
He was elected from Ward 14 of Khorlim in 2010-15 which was then reserved as the ST ward. He was a member of the BJP-backed panel in that election.
In the changed scenario after the Supreme Court directions on the reservation, BJP and the opposition group backed by some ex-chairpersons are yet to officially announce their panels for the municipal election in Mapusa.
