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PANAJI
Kishore Shet was on Friday unanimously elected the new deputy chairperson of Canacona Municipal Council (CMC).
Shet was the only councillor to file a nomination to the post, as part of an agreement among the ruling group of councillors, following the resignation of Shamsunder Desai as dy chairperson to make way for the next councillor to occupy the post.
According to sources, the ruling councillors agreed to rotate the post of dy chairperson among all first-time male councillors in the present council, as the chairperson’s post is reserved for women during this term.
Nagorcem Councillor Hemant Naikgaunkar, Patnem Councillor Guru Komarpant and Mastimoll Councillor Kishore Shet are first-time councillors, while the other male councillors had earlier served either as chairperson or dy chairperson.
Sources said the ruling group had initially shortlisted Naikgaunkar to get elected as dy chairperson, but the ruling group eventually decided to go with the Mastimoll councillor.
It is now left to be seen if the post will be rotated among other two remaining first-time male councillors.
Incidentally, all 10 CMC councillors met to congratulate the newly elected deputy chairperson soon after his election, indicating there is now no division within the ruling group, which has widely claimed its allegiance with the BJP-led State government.
