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Not informed about Paliencar’s visit, says Canacona MLA

Claiming that he was not informed about Fisheries and WRD Minister Vinoda Paliencar’s visit to Canacona, local MLA Isidore Fernandes said he would have been more than happy to have joined the minister on his tour.


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“I would have assisted him in knowing many problems faced by the people, particularly the fishing community and several farmers due to irrigation problems,” Fernandes told The Goan.
“What can I say when the minister could not even get a boat arranged by people accompanying him to visit and see the fish cultivation cages put up into the sea? The minister had to satisfy himself by watching it from the Polem shore. I have nothing against the minister,” said Fernandes.
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GF takes centrestage during Paliencar’s Canacona tour

The day-long visit of Fisheries and WRD Minister Vinoda Paliencar to Canacona on Friday turned out to be a Goa Forward Party (GFP) stage-managed show, with party leaders virtually taking control of the minister’s tour.

The Goan Network
Published May 7, 2017, 6:25 PM IST
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the goan I networkCANACONADurgadas Kamat, Prashant Naik and Mohandas Lolienkar were the three prominent GFP functionaries who prominently managed and directed the minister’s tour, with Naik and Lolienkar even answering questions from the media.Interestingly, Naik and Lolienkar, both well-known in Canacona, claimed they had requested scheduled the tour with the minister, to resolve most problems faced in the taluka.When the media asked if any intimation had been sent to the…

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