MAPUSA
Former councilor of Mapusa Municipal Council, Subhash Kalangutkar was re-elected as the president of Shree Dev Bodgeshwar Sausthan, Mapusa, on Sunday, even as elections to 43 Devasthan (temple) committees in Bardez went off peacefully. Kalangutkar polled 267, while his rival Shashank Subhash Narvekar bagged 91 votes, to get elected as president of Bodgeshwar Temple, Mapusa, for second time. Shree Dev Bodgeshwar is the largest temple in Bardez. Elections to Devasthans are held after every three years. The of Bardez, Madhu Narvekar had identified seven Devasthans as sensitive, which included Shree Dev Bodgeshwar Sausthan, Mapusa. The other sensitive Devasthans were Shree Siddheshwar Devasthan, Chapora, Shree Rastroli Parpoleshwar Devasthan, Guirim, Shree Lingabhat Devasthan, Parra, Shree Shantadurga Devasthan, Calangute, Shree Mauli Bhutnath Devasthan, Nadora and Shree Shantadurga Devalaya & Salagna Devealaya, Moitem, Assonora. As the administrator of Devalayas in Bardez, the Mamlatdar had ordered the police inspectors concerned to deploy adequate police force to the sensitive Devasthans during the election. Accordingly, police was deployed to all the Devasthans that went for election on Sunday. “There was no untoward incident in the Devasthan elections held in Calangute jurisdiction,” said PI Tushar Vernekar. Some Devasthans elected new faces, while others preferred a mixture of experience and new faces, sources told The Goan. Some were even elected unopposed.
