CANACONA
A total of 201 nominations were found in order for the seven panchayats going to polls in Canacona, on the day of scrutiny on Tuesday.
Two wards of Shristhal VP (3 and 7) both unreserved have a maximum of 6 nominations, while 8 different wards have more than 5 nominations. The remaining wards all have between 2-4 nominations.
Withdrawal of nominations will be permitted till 2 pm on Wednesday.
Interestingly, Ward 4 (general) in Poinguinim has received only one nomination of Sunil Shreedhar Paingankar and as his nomination form was found in order.
Paingankar will be the first panch to be elected in the panchayat elections in Canacona taluka and several people cutting accross party lines/ideologies have congratulated Paingankar on his election unopposed.
On the other hand, Poinguinim Ward 9 (ST reserved), where the wife of Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar is contesting elections, has received 4 nominations and all were found in order.
All eyes will be on withdrawal of nominations on Wednesday and source have said pressure is being applied on the three candidates, to ensure that the candidate is elected unopposed in Ward 9.
It may be noted that in several wards, candidates submitted two or more nomination forms, and after scrutiny, the Returning Officer accepted only one nomination of each aspiring candidate.
In many wards, many candidates filed dummy candidates and these nominations are likely to be withdrawn on the day of withdrawal.
