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No permanent friends and enemies in politics

There are no permanent friends and enemies in politics, so goes the good adage. Congress party’s refusal to nominate him for the Benaulim seat has brought flamboyant Mickky Pacheco back into the NCP fold. Mickky and NCP Goa unit Chief Jose Philip D’Souza, who did not see eye to eye when they were in the NCP, have not only shook hands but Jose Philip is believed to have welcomed Mickky into the party with a hug. 


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Luizinho's task: channel Navelim Muslim votes

Guilherme Almeida
Published Jan 26, 2022, 12:13 AM IST
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Trinamool Congress and its MP Luizinho Faleiro have a task at hand “ how to channel the 5500-odd strong Muslim vote in the Navelim constituency in favour of party candidate Valanka Alemao. For, while Faleiro along with Churchill had maintained a stranglehold over the Muslim vote, the duo may suddenly find that almost all the parties are eyeing the Muslim vote. If the NCP has fielded a Muslim Rehan Mujawar as the party candidate, Congress’ Avertano Furtado is also eyeing the…

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