VASCO
Former Dy Speaker and two-term Congress MLA Simon D'Souza (83) passed away in the GMC hospital early Wednesday morning.
Sources said D'Souza, who hailed from Vasco and was later residing in Sancoale, was suffering from acute chest congestion and was admitted at GMC hospital around 12 days ago.
D'Souza was a senior Congress legislator who had won elections for two consecutive terms, Dabolim constituency (1984) and Vasco constituency (1989). He also served as the Dy Speaker of Goa.
