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NCP accuses CM of double standards

the goan I network
MAPUSA
Accusing Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar of adopting dual standards by dropping two ailing ministers when he himself was seriously ill, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) asked Parrikar to step down as chief minister and take complete bed rest.  
“If Mapusa MLA Francis D’Souza and Cumbharjua MLA Pandurang Madkaikar cannot handle their responsibility as ministers on health grounds, how can Parrikar shoulder the state’s administration when he himself is critically ill?” asked NCP State General Secretary Sanjay Barde, while addressing the media at Mapusa. 
“In this situation, the state administration has come to a standstill. Parrikar should have resigned first,” Barde added.
Rajendra Satlekar and Anuil Zolapure were also present.

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Mapusa councillors express ‘shock’ at Francis’sacking

The Goan Network
Published Sep 26, 2018, 3:50 AM IST
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AGNELO PEREIRA  MAPUSAA day after Mapusa MLA, Francis D’Souza was dropped from the cabinet, the writing was on the wall for the senior-most legislator of BJP, whose appeal appears to be fading even among his councillors.  In what appears to be a clear PR exercise to show their allegiance to the Mapusa MLA, the 17 councillors of the ruling group held a press conference in the chairperson’s cabin, where some councillors expressed disappointment on his removal but…

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