HOW WOULD Congress leaders, including P Chidambaram respond to calls for women political empowerment in the state, more so in an election year? Does the party have any plan to field women candidates in the 2022 Assembly polls? Mahilas may try to seek answers to these questions. And, so are new entrants in the party, including Sabitabai Mascarenhas and others, who may be all bracing up to throw their hat in the election ring on the party banner. Any question from Congress bosses? Chidambaram may have an answer during his weekend visit to Goa.
Curtorim Cong block chief reappointment puzzle
THE APPOINTMENT and re-appointment of Curtorim Congress block Congress chief has been the talking point in political circles, both within the Congress circles and outside. Consider this. Congress MLA Reginaldbab Lourenco had his way when he got Terrancio Fernandes to head the block. MP Sardinha is believed to have insisted on retaining outgoing block Chief Milagres Fernandes. Days later, Milagres returns back on the saddle. Hazard a guess what made Reginaldbab surrender the post? Is it a sign of peace as he calls it or did the ST factor play its role? No reward for the right guess.
Mickky forays into Churchill’s home turf
FLAMBOYANT MICKKYBAB is believed to have descended on Benaulim battlefield. If nothing has been heard from Mickkyabb over the last one week, sources say the former MLA was spotted moving around Benaulim countryside. He is believed to have descended on arch rival Churchillbab Alemao’s home turf Varca. With the Congress appointing a new president for Benaulim, Mickkybab, sources said has drawn up plans to move around the constituency from next month. Wait and watch.
Clafacio’s birthday may not be a low-key affair
WHAT'S IN LINE for Cong-turned-BJP MLA Bab Clafacio’s birthday next week? Well, most politicos around Saxtti countryside had kept their birthday celebrations a low key affair in times of Covid pandemic. But, with Coronavirus cases on the decline, the MLA may go about launching new projects and inaugurate ongoing works. Wait and watch as the Cuncolim MLA, who had stopped the return of friend-turned-foe, former Minister Joaquimbab Alemao in 2017 under the Congress banner, appears set to seek re-election on the Lotus symbol this time round.
BJP on spree to please the minorities in Curtorim
BANNERS OF the Bharatiya Janata Party extending greetings to people of Curtorim on the auspicious occasions of minorities have become a regular feature in the constituency. In fact, political observers are trying to figure out whether the saffron brigade has drawn up plans to go big in Curtorim in 2022. Local party leaders led by Anthonybab Barbosa, Bhaveshbab Zambaulim seemed leaving no stone unturned to reach out to the minorities in the constituency. BJP’s game plan to bomb the Congress bastion in 2017 may had come a cropper. Wait and watch as the party seemed going about a plan in Curtorim.
