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Cong cannot project fresh face for LS seat having sitting MP

South Goa Congress workers' demand to immediately declare a party candidate for the South Goa Lok Sabha seat may put the party leadership in a tight spot. For, South Goa is being represented by party senior leader, four-time MP Francisbab Sardinha, who is not averse to seeking re-election to play his fifth Lok Sabha innings. On the other hand, a section of the party is rooting for a new face to contest the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Sources in private say the party cannot afford to project a fresh face for South Goa when it has a sitting MP, whose term will end only in early 2024. Any takers? 

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Angered Venzy takes Cabral head-on at first opportunity

Guilherme Almeida
Published Nov 6, 2022, 12:34 AM IST
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Guess why the Aam Aadmi Party Benaulim MLA Venzybab Viegas was furious with PWD Minister Nileshbab Cabral, so much so that he demanded his sacking from the Cabinet over the sewage discharge in river Sal? Well, Venzybab, sources say, was just waiting for his day to confront Nileshbab since the time the PWD Minister visited the Benaulim constituency without intimating him of his visit. Venzybab, sources said, was seething with anger after he realised that Cabral had warned…

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