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Reservation of wards done by DMA as per rules, says Sawant

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Reacting to the sharp dissent in his Cabinet over the municipal ward reservations and delimitations, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday said that these were done by the Department of Municipal Administration (DMA) as per the rules and not as per the convenience of any party, including BJP. “Everything has been done by the DMA which has followed due process”, Sawant said.

On branding and marketing of local products including forest produce, CM said this will be done by taking private agencies onboard. Project management unit which will undertake these tasks has been approved under Biodiversity board, he added. 

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Sharp differences in Cabinet over reservation of municipal wards

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Feb 11, 2021, 12:22 AM IST
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PANAJISharp differences have surfaced in the Pramod Sawant-led Cabinet over the politically sensitive issue of delimitation and assigning reservations of wards of civic bodies in the State, eleven of which in addition to The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), are due to go to polls by March-end.Slamming the process on Monday, Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho publicly expressed displeasure over the exercise notified by the government last week.Godinho said he was not…

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