MARGAO
Where were the Salcete netas on Tuesday as they were all conspicuous by their absence at the Independence Day celebration at the South Goa District Collectorate.
Whether the political bigwigs were frightened by the election code of conduct or otherwise, none of the Salcete MLAs, including the taluka's lone Minister and Goa Forward Party supremo Vijai Sardesai turned up for the flag hoisting ceremony.
Neither Sardesai nor any of the Congress MLAs, Luizinho Faleiro, Digambar Kamat, Reginaldo Lourenco, Filipe Neri Rodrigues, Wilfred D'Sa and Clafacio Dias, nor NCP lone MLA Churchill Alemao were spotted among the audience at the Independence Day celebration.
South Goa Collector, Anjali Sehrawat, unfurled the national tricolor and inspected the guard of honour, an honour and privilege earlier enjoyed at the South Goa celebrations by political figures. Salcete's lone Minister Vijai Sardesai, however, missed the opportunity to hoist the tricolor at Margao in view of the election code of conduct in force.
Vijai told The Goan that he was very much at home on Tuesday, but did not make his presence felt at the Independence Day celebration with
the election code of conduct in force. "May be the election code of conduct frightened everybody," was how Vijai reacted when asked for his comment on the absence of the netas at the function.
On the other hand, NCP Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao also tried to attribute his absence to the election code, while information revealed that Digambar Kamat has been out of station for the last three days.
Both Reginaldo Lourenco and his Cuncolim counterpart Clafacio Dias maintained that they had attended Independence Day celebrations in their respective constituencies, while Nuvem MLA Wilfred D'Sa said he was down with illness since Monday evening.
Navelim MLA Luizinho Faleiro pointed out that there were other functions to attend on on Tuesday as a result of which he could not make it.
Former Navelim MLA Avertano Furtado was also seen among the dignitaries.
Where were the Salcete netas on Tuesday as they were all conspicuous by their absence at the Independence Day celebration at the South Goa District Collectorate.
Whether the political bigwigs were frightened by the election code of conduct or otherwise, none of the Salcete MLAs, including the taluka's lone Minister and Goa Forward Party supremo Vijai Sardesai turned up for the flag hoisting ceremony.
Neither Sardesai nor any of the Congress MLAs, Luizinho Faleiro, Digambar Kamat, Reginaldo Lourenco, Filipe Neri Rodrigues, Wilfred D'Sa and Clafacio Dias, nor NCP lone MLA Churchill Alemao were spotted among the audience at the Independence Day celebration.
South Goa Collector, Anjali Sehrawat, unfurled the national tricolor and inspected the guard of honour, an honour and privilege earlier enjoyed at the South Goa celebrations by political figures. Salcete's lone Minister Vijai Sardesai, however, missed the opportunity to hoist the tricolor at Margao in view of the election code of conduct in force.
Vijai told The Goan that he was very much at home on Tuesday, but did not make his presence felt at the Independence Day celebration with
the election code of conduct in force. "May be the election code of conduct frightened everybody," was how Vijai reacted when asked for his comment on the absence of the netas at the function.
On the other hand, NCP Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao also tried to attribute his absence to the election code, while information revealed that Digambar Kamat has been out of station for the last three days.
Both Reginaldo Lourenco and his Cuncolim counterpart Clafacio Dias maintained that they had attended Independence Day celebrations in their respective constituencies, while Nuvem MLA Wilfred D'Sa said he was down with illness since Monday evening.
Navelim MLA Luizinho Faleiro pointed out that there were other functions to attend on on Tuesday as a result of which he could not make it.
Former Navelim MLA Avertano Furtado was also seen among the dignitaries.
