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South Goa BJP vice-president Daji resigns

BJP South Goa vice-president Krishna alias Daji Salkar along with his supporters resigned from the party on Thursday.

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VASCO

Addressing the media, Salkar said he has tendered his resignation to the BJP State president Vinay Tendulkar.
“The BJP high command failed to take me and my BJP supporters into confidence before allotting the party ticket to sitting BJP MLA Carlos Almeida,” alleged Salkar.
In his resignation letter to Tendulkar, Salkar stated that he has been actively involved in building the BJP unit in Vasco constituency and has been working tirelessly in building the party from grass-root level in Vasco.  
Salkar added that he regrets that his efforts were not recognised and despite being eligible leader.  
“Paying heed to my supporters to contest the forthcoming assembly election, I am resigning from the primary membership of the party,” Salkar stated in the letter.
“If the party high command does not listen to the grievances of the party cadre, what guarantee is there they will listen to the grievances of the common men,” 
asked Salkar.
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2,542 VVPAT machines under testing ahead of elections

The State has procured a total of 2,542 voter verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) machines that are currently under the checking phase, following which they will be sealed until the elections to be held on February 4.

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Published Jan 13, 2017, 5:01 AM IST
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Four engineers in process of checking devicesthe goan I networkPANAJI   Making the announcement, Additional Chief Electoral Officer, Narayan Navti said engineers from the machine’s manufacturing company are currently doing the testing and will take four days for completion.   “Today, 2,400 VVPAT machines have come to Goa. In all, we have 2,542 VVPAT machines and there are currently four engineers from the company who will inspect it and reseal them till…

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