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Washout of TMC should have made Faleiro resign

The party made its triumphant entry with prize catch of Luizinho Faleiro, in dying moments  of his political career.TMC has been decimated in all attempted seats during elections. Even Mamata  Banerjee made her debut to woo the voters  with her characteristic vitriolic outbursts against Modi and BJP. It is no surprise that Navelim seat, a bastion  of Congress party for years was lost to BJP. It was the most shocking news in political circles specially in the South.What is the intrinsic worth of the leader under whose  umbrella the TMC descended in Goa.

The washout of TMC should have made Faleiro resign gracefully. But the astute, selfish legislator is clinging to his post without any remorse of his failure. At least he has secured  security in Rajya Sabha as the final resting place to raise issues which he never did when Congress was in power. It has dawned on Churchill that he has made a mistake  in his choice.

The big hype by TMC has gone up in smoke and the possibility of its revival is bleak, so also the aspirations of TMC to expand beyond its borders  and with an eye on central throne.



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Palm leaves should be freely available to faithful

AF NAZARETH, Alto Porvorim
Published Apr 11, 2022, 7:39 PM IST
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Palm Sunday every year commemorates the start of the Holy week in Lent and the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem , where large crowds went out to meet and greet Jesus with branches of date palm trees , shouting  praises in his honour as ‘King of Israel’. In keeping with this tradition, palm (coconut tree) leaves are blessed on Palm Sunday and kept by the church for distribution to the faithful, who then enter the church  in procession with palms in…

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