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Sawant is the face of Mayem Congress block

The members of Mayem Congress Block have resolved to support Mayem Congress candidate Santoshkumar Sawant in the ensuing State Assembly elections scheduled for February 4.


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The decision was taken at the meeting of Mayem Block Congress committee at Mahamaya library which was called at Gaonkarwada-Mayem, which was attended by Congress party senior leader Dr Chellakumar, Girish Chodankar, Mayem Block Congress committee president Anand Naik, vice-president Ashok Nagvekar, secretary Sandeep Naik, Prof Deelip Dhargalkar, Mayem candidate Santoshkumar Sawant, Suraj Poojari, Subodh Amonkar and a large number of Congress workers from Mayem Assembly constituency.   
During the meeting, all the block members resolved to extend their wholehearted support to Santoshkumar and pledged to make all out efforts to ensure his victory from Mayem constituency.    
Block president Anand Naik said, “Our committee has decided to participate in door-to-door campaigning for Sawant and we will do our best to convince people about the merits of the Congress party and Sawant as the vehicles to bring about a change in Mayem,  which has been languishing behind.”   
Stating that he himself was one of contenders for Congress party ticket for Mayem, he said earlier there were some complaints against party seniors with regard to the candidature, but now all the misunderstandings have been cleared.   
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Gadkari: Opportunists should stop dreaming of CM’s post

In an apparent jibe at MG Party leaders, Union Minister for Road Transport, Highways and Shipping Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said a politician, who dreams of becoming chief minister will not be able to fulfill his dream as BJP would form the government with a majority.

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Published Jan 27, 2017, 5:27 AM IST
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the goan I networkPONDAAddressing the BJP public meeting at Mollem in Sanvordem constituency, Gadkari has appealed to the people to vote for a stable government and the government which can undertake development.   “Some politicians feel that no party will get majority and hence they will be in demand. They think that Congress will get 17 and BJP will get 18 seats and these parties will need their support,” said Gadkari.   “Then grabbing the opportunity,…

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