MAPUSA
A group of agitated gaonkars of the Comunidade de Boa Esperanca in Aldona met the North Goa Comunidade Administrator Ulhas Kadam on Monday, to demand elections to the new committee at the comunidade.
Led by Melwyn Fernandes, the aggrieved gaonkars said while elections to the new committee need to be held every three years, there had been no elections to the committee at the Comunidade de Boa Esperanca since the last seven years, leaving the lone clerk to handle all administration.
Fernandes stated that then Administrator of Comunidades Kabir Shirgaokar had announced elections to be held on January 6, 2019, which never took place.
He added that some land belonging to the comunidade has been sold as plots and despite requests, the State government had not shown any enthusiasm to conduct the elections.
They requested Kadam to look into the matter and conduct elections at the earliest.
After listening to their grievances, Kadam invited some Gaonkars for another meeting.
