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Congress workers look for meaning of ‘loyalty’

As Congress unveiled its second list of candidates for the ensuing polls, many party workers have turned to the dictionary to find out the meaning of loyalty. For, they clearly remember P Chidambaram’s promise that party workers with loyalty, winnability and integrity will bag the tickets. A glance at the first two lists shows that new entrants, who joined the party in recent months, have managed to get the prized tickets. Workers wonder whether the new entrants have bagged the tickets on the winnability factor or extraneous factors.


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Will Urfan find favour with BJP for Navelim?

Guilherme Almeida
Published Jan 11, 2022, 12:56 AM IST
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The last time the saffron brigade had nominated aMuslim candidate in Navelim was over two decades ago when party minority faceSheikh Jina was pitted against Congress veteran Luizinho Faleiro. Around 20years down the line, Urfan Mulla is now lobbying hard for the party nominationin Navelim. With close to 6,000 Muslim voters, Urfan, who heads a minorityeducational institution, appears set to take on the Congress and TMC if hiscandidature finds favour with party leaders…

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