MARGAO
The ordinary meeting of the Curtorim Panchayat on Saturday generated much heat after the opposition staged a walk out as they protested over the meeting notice which mentioned the designation of acting Sarpanch Isabela Gomes e Rebelo as the village sarpanch.
Opposition panch member Rui Menezes and Simon Barretto also charged Isabela for reportedly questioning the presence of panch Rui in the office of the sarpanch, demanding to know whether panch members cannot enter the chamber of the sarpanch.
After Isabela called the meeting to order, both Rui and Simon pointed out that the meeting cannot take place as Isabela’s designation was mentioned on the meeting notice as sarpanch when she was only an acting sarpanch. There were heated exchanges between the acting sarpanch and the two panch members before they staged a walkout.
Rui later claimed that he was questioned by the acting sarpanch over his presence in the chamber of the sarpanch, demanding to know whether panch members have no right to sit in the office of the sarpanch.
Isabela, however, pointed out that all panch members can enter and sit in the chamber of the sarpanch in her absence by keeping the door open.
“There’s no merit in the claim made by the two panch members,” she said, while admitting that it was a mistake that her designation was wrongly mentioned as sarpanch on the meeting notice.
