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PANAJI
While Lobo managed to secure 21 votes, Fernandes secured 15 votes. After he was announced to have won the election, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Leader of Opposition Chandrakant ‘Babu’ Kavlekar escorted Lobo to his chair.
Speaking after being elected as the Deputy Speaker, Lobo termed Parrikar a ‘visionary leader’.
“I have watched Parrikar very closely from 2002, and I used to always say that if one man who can give justice to Goa and Goans, it is Parrikar. He gave me an opportunity to become an MLA. He left his Defence Ministry and came to Goa as a chief minister. There were unfinished issues and I look forward at this government. There are people like Vijai Sardesai and Rohan Khaunte who had taken up issues while in the Opposition and now they are in the ruling. This government has been formed for the people of Goa,” he said.
Earlier, Parrikar, Kavlekar and Sudin Dhavalikar congratulated Lobo for being elected as the
Deputy Speaker.
