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MAPUSA
Elections to 30 devasthan (temple) committees in Bardez, including the popular Shree Dev Bodgeshwar Sausthan at Mapusa, will be conducted on Sunday.
“Elections to five of a total of 35 devasthans in Bardez will be held at a later date due to ongoing festivals in the temples. No devasthan has been identified as sensitive,” said Laxmikant Kuttikar, Mamlatdar of Bardez who is the administrator of Devalayas in Bardez.
He also said one government representative will be deputed to every devasthan as an observer to oversee the election.
The mamlatdar has requested the concerned police inspectors to deploy adequate police force to each of the devasthans to avoid any law and order problem during the election. The election to Shree Dev Bodgeshwar Sausthan, Mapusa is always a high stakes battle and will be watched very keenly.
Outgoing president of Shree Dev Bodgeshwar Sausthan, Anand Bhaidkar, will be re-contesting for the same post along with his panel.
Besides Anand Bhaidkar, two others “ Vinod (Balu) Phadke and Naresh Tivrekar have also decided to contest for the president’s post.
Bhaidkar informed that secretary, Ashok Govekar and treasurer, Pandurang Korgaonkar have been elected unopposed as no one has contested for the posts.
Elections to the devasthans are held after every three years and the new committee will be in office for the term of 2019-22.
