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Caution or struggle? Cong yet to form vacant blocks

What message is Congress trying to convey on the delay in constituting the blocks left vacant by the defection of party turncoats last year? Well, it’s now seven months since party heavyweights Diggu and Aleixobab Sequeira quit the Congress on September 14 last to embrace the saffron brigade. Since then, the Congress party has not constituted the Margao and Nuvem blocks, leaving political observers to wonder whether the party is treading a cautious path or is still struggling to find capable and formidable local leaders to lead the blocks and take on the turncoats. Interesting, isn’t it?

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Cong sees red in Venzy's presence at Sanquelim

Guilherme Almeida
Published Apr 22, 2023, 12:22 AM IST
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Congress leaders see red over Aam Aadmi Party’s Benaulim MLA Venzybab’s presence in Chief Minister Pramodbab Sawant’s constituency to accept CM’s challenge to the opposition to win the next Assembly polls. No doubt, the AAP MLA went hammer and tongs against the Chief Minister right in the Sanquelim market. Congress leaders, however, wonder whether Venzybab’s diatribe against the CM will help the consolidation of the opposition forces to unitedly take on the saffron combine,…

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