With the government unveiling the modified pilgrimage scheme, do not be surprised if the politicos go about organising charter pilgrimage for their constituents. No sooner the pilgrimage scheme was brought into public domain, a ruling MLA is believed to have made arrangements for a special train to Vailankanni with government assistance. To take care of the pilgrims, arrangements for breakfast, lunch and dinner is being planned during the journey. Wait and watch.
Goa Forward expelled Cuncolim councillor to safeguard its gains?
Guess what prompted Goa Forward to move quickly to expel party students wing chief and Cuncolim councillor Uddesh Desai after the latter signed the no-trust motion against Congress-backed CMC chief Laxman Naik? Well, Vijaibab was somewhere around North India when reports indicated that party councillor Uddeshbab has signed the no-trust motion. Worried that a wrong signal would go out that the Goa Forward has tied up with the BJP to dislodge a Congress Municipal Chairperson, the Vijai-Durgadas duo moved in to control any further damage, even ready to lose Uddesh in the bargain, but not the gains the party made in recent times over its anti-BJP stand.
Yuri has task at hand to retain his flock together at CMC
Leader of Opposition Yuribab Alemao has a task at hand to retain his flock together at the Cuncolim Municipal Council. For, the saffron brigade led by Chief Minister Pramodbab Sawant’s brother-in-law, Videshbab Desai has managed to wean away a Congress councillor to sign on the no-trust motion against Chairperson Laxmanbab Naik. What would be the fate of the no-trust motion remains unknown, but one thing appears clear, the number of the Yuribab-controlled ruling Cuncolim Municipal Council has come down to seven from nine in the last year and a half. Can the father-son duo of Joaquim and Yuri Alemao match the firepower of the saffron brigade? Wait and watch.
Officials caught in crossfire between BJP govt, Oppn
In the battle to control the civic bodies, officials seemed to have been caught in a crossfire between the ruling dispensation and the Opposition. The Margao Municipal Council is a classic case in point, wherein the government even replaced the Presiding Officer to conduct an election for the civic chief. Director of Municipal Administration Gurudasbab Pilarnekar is now in the cynosure of all eyes as a no-trust motion is filed against Congress Cuncolim Municipal Chairperson Laxmanbab Naik. Wait and watch how the DMA handles the situation when rules prescribe majority councillors to table a motion.
Madgavkars ponder over winds of change in Margao
Politics make strange bedfellows, so goes the saying. When Congress-turned-BJP Margao MLA Diggu joined hands with BJP leaders, including Chief Minister Pramodbab Sawant and ex-DyCM Babu Ajgaonkar, Madgavkars wondered how this could happen when they were at each other’s throats till recently. Diggu must have penned scores of reports for the media directed against the Chief Minister in recent times. And, their supporters too must have come to blows in the battle for Margao. Any takers?
