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BJP mission 2014: To win north Goa seat with 50,000 votes margin

Newly appointed North Goa BJP President Michael Loborevealed that he intended to win the North Goa parliamentary election by 50,000votes in the 2014 parliamentary election.

Riding on the success of the recently held assembly electionand considering the area was a strong hold of the party, Lobo felt he had toensure the vote in the next general election which could be held in 2014 orearlier given the volatile political situation in the centre. 

“We want to repeat history by wining North Goa Parliamentaryelection by nearly 50,000 votes, which we won in 1998,” said Lobo.

North Goa Parliamentary seat comprises  of 4.93 lakhs voters, with the BJP having1.72 lakhs members a number which could increase in the near future. 

“Considering the recently held assembly election results ,of the 17 seats contested by the BJP, we won 12 seats which suggest a BJPstronghold in North,” said Lobo.

To achieve the targets, he said a 54 member North Goacommittee was constituted after consultation with all Madals.

The biggest achievement was that over  821 booth committees were formed and thatall  20 Mandals were constituted beforethe election.

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Cabinet approves new posts under Directorate of Women and Child Development

Navin Jha / The Goan
Published Dec 6, 2012, 2:40 PM IST
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In order to take various schemes to the grass-roots levelthe cabinet has approved and created 42 posts under the administrative controlof Directorate of Women and Child Development. While seven posts have beencreated as part of a new setup for the newly formed Dharbandora taluka, theremaining posts are for the head office in Panjim.In order to remove the burden on the government due toexcess contract staff enrolled earlier, the Cabinet has decided to remove 214contractual…

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