MARGAO
The Cuncolim Congress block has recommended the lone name of Yuri Alemao as the party candidate for the 2022 Assembly polls, while in other blocks of Salcete taluka, names of more than one candidate has been recommended for the ticket on Saturday.
The meeting of the Fatorda Block Congress Committee did not take place, with party leaders saying the meeting has been postponed to a future date.
Sources in the know pointed out that the Cuncolim block has recommended Yuri Alemao’s name during the meeting that took place on Saturday in the presence of Congress senior vice-president M K Sheikh and party observers.
The lone recommendation came after bureaucrat-turned-politician Elvis Gomes reportedly withdrew list of his workers names from being inducted into the block after it was willing to accommodate only seven out of 30 workers.
Nuvem Congress block is believed to have recommended the highest number of names of candidates for the ticket, around six candidates to be precise. The names include former MLA Aleixo Sequeira, Everson Vales, Raju Cabral, Zarinha Da Cunha, Francisco D’Costa and Dolwin Braganza, sources informed.
Three-time MLA Reginaldo Lourenco’s name has been recommended by the Curtorim Congress block along with the name of his challenger ex-ZP member Moreno Rebello and Camurlim Sarpanch Basil Fernandes, sources said.
The Velim block is believed to have recommended the names of all the four ticket aspirants to the leadership for the party ticket - former MLA Benjamin D’Silva, Velim Sarpanch Savio D’Silva, district Congress president Joe Dias and former Sarzora Sarpanch Sabita Mascarenhas.
The meeting of the Navelim block Congress Committee is believed to have witnessed a huge turn out of workers before the block recommended the names of former Minister Avertano Furtado and young Rehan Muzawar. The meeting held at the Sinquetim ground saw both the camps mobilising their supporters in support of their candidates.
On Friday, the lone name of Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat was recommended by the Margao block for the ticket.
ALL EYES ON POSTPONED BLOCK MEETINGS
MARGAO: All eyes are focused on the Congress party to again convene meetings of the party blocks of Fatorda, Benaulim, Vasco and Dabolim after their postponement.
While the party leadership had contended that the meetings of these blocks have been postponed because of organisational reasons, sources said it is a sheer coincidence that like-minded parties including the NCP and Goa Forward party have staked claim on these seats. The Congress party on Saturday completed the two-day exercise of calling for the block meetings in the constituencies falling in South Goa to recommend names of candidates for the ensuing polls. The exercise is expected to kick-start in North Goa on Sunday.
