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Aspirants fight Portuguese passport allegations

Portuguese passport has come in handy forpoliticians to sabotage the prospects of Congress ticket aspirants in Salcete.Two strong ticket contenders in as many constituencies in the minoritystronghold are battling allegations of rivals that they are Portuguese passportholders and should be denied the ticket. Party leaders were on the job sinceSunday night to scan the documents submitted by rivals to ensure the ticketaspirants are all Indian citizens and not Portuguese.

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Mickky, Benjamin still wait to know their fate

Guilherme Almeida
Published Jan 11, 2022, 12:55 AM IST
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Goalkeeper-turned-politician Avertano Furtado has become the former minister in the Manohar Parrikar regime in 2012 nominated by Congress for the Navelim seat.  Even as Avertano has edged past young Rehan Muzzawar for the prized ticket, the focus has not shifted to Velim and Benaulim, where former MLAs Benjamin D’Silva and Mickky Pacheco, who were part of the Manohar Parrikar-government in 2012, are waiting to know the fate of their claim for the Congress tickets.

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