VASCO
Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho displayed his show of strength after he took control of both Chicalim and Bogmalo panchayats falling under his Dabolim constituency.
While six members backed by Godinho won in the 11-member Chicalim panchayat, 5 candidates backed by him swept the seven-member Chicolna Bogmalo panchayat.
While six-term panch member and former sarpanch Laxman Kavlekar faced defeat in Bogmalo panchayat, Shital Pereira, the wife of outgoing Chicalim Sarpanch Seby Pereira lost the elections as Godinho-backed panel of candidates swept both the panchayat bodies.
Aishwarya Thorat (22), daughter of Sancoale ZP Anita Thorat, was the youngest candidate on Godinho's panel and won the election from Bogmalo Panchayat.
Former Chicalim deputy sarpanch Kamla Prasad Yadav got all four members of his panel elected from the Dabolim area and contributed to the Mauvin Godinho panel of six candidates in the Chicalim panchayat.
"I am not interested in any post because our main agenda is only development works and people vote for us based on our works. We are from the BJP party and I will accept any decision taken by Panchayat minister Mauvin Godinho or the BJP party. I have born here and I have love for my area and this has led us to take a lot of visible development in our area with the support of Godinho," said Yadav.
Former Bogmalo deputy sarpanch Arun Naik, who defeated heavyweight Laxman Kavlekar, said that he had seen Kavlekar as Sarpanch since his childhood.
"It feels like an achievement for me to have defeated such a heavyweight and this would not be possible without the support of Godinho," said Naik.
The winners in Bogmalo Panchayat were Lorena Cunha (Ward 1), Caetano Figueredo (Ward 2), Antonio Fernandes (Ward 3 ), and Sankalp Mahale (Ward 4), Cynthia Rodrigues (Ward 5), Aishwarya Thorat (Ward 6) and Arun Naik (Ward 7).
The winners in Chicalim Panchayat were Maria Mascarenhas (Ward 1), Neelam Naik (Ward 2), Sunita Yadav (Ward 3), Dattaprasad Bandodkar (Ward 4), Kamla Prasad Yadav (Ward 5), Sapna Kurade (Ward 6), Shailesh Mayekar (Ward 7), Francisco Nunes (Ward 8), Poonam Chari (Ward 9), Aishwarya Korgaonkar (Ward 10) and Roman Vaz (Ward 11).
