MARGAO
Women candidates led the way as they turned up at the office of the Returning Officer to file their nomination papers for the ensuing election to the Cuncolim civic body.
Two women, Maria Jennifer Moraes and Dias Ambika Andrew Dias, filed their papers before Returning Officer John Fernandes on Friday.
While Maria Jennifer Moraes has filed her papers for the Ward No VII of the Cuncolim Civic body, Ambika Andrew Dias filed her nomination for Ward no III of the Cuncolim Municipal Council.
The office of the Returning Officer for Margao Municipal Council, Jyoti Kumari, IAS, has so far not received any nomination papers to date.
Similarly, no nomination paper has been filed for the Navelim ZP constituency so far. While the process of filing nomination papers had started on Thursday, curtains will come down on the exercise next Thursday.
