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2022: The big question

It’s a sheer coincidence that GPCC Chief Girishbab Chodankar and CLP leader Digambar Kamat both hail from minority-dominated Saxttidom “ the Congress’s powerhouse. The duo, however, faces a moot question “ can they manage to retain stronghold over the taluka minus a Catholic face? This question has started doing the rounds in Congress circles in Saxttidom where as many as eight out of the 40 Assembly seats are at stake. And, this question is expected to come to haunt the Congress leadership in the run-up to the 2022 electorate battle, exactly a year and a half away.


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Rooting for a grand alliance

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Oct 4, 2020, 12:31 AM IST
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Goa Forward Chief Vijaibab Sardesai is believed to have mooted a janata-type experiment to unseat the BJP in Goa. With the 2022 electoral battle just a year and a half away, Vijaibab apparently thinks that no single party, regional or national, may be able to dislodge the saffron brigade on its own. Sources say Vijaibab has shared his grand alliance concept, a mahagathbandhan of sorts, with both the national and regional parties to avoid a split in the opposition vote and…

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