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Ready for the civic poll battle

Post-Supreme Court verdict, Leader of Opposition Digambarbab Kamat and his Goa Forward counterpart Vijaibab Sardesai may get the much-needed time to canvass for candidates for the civic polls on March 20. The duo was tied down in Margao and Fatorda, so much so they had no time to move around in other civic bodies to drum up support for their candidates. That the duo has now taken the Covid jab will surely come as a booster dose as and when the State Election Commission announces fresh election for Margao and the four municipal bodies. 


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No place for Benjamin in Congress?

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Mar 14, 2021, 12:24 AM IST
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Former Velim Independent MLA may suddenly realize that plans to embrace the Congress party have come in for repeated opposition from a section of the partymen in the constituency. Velim Sarpanch, Saviobab D’Silva, was the first to convey to Goa desk Congress observer Dinesh Gundu Rao not to induct Benjaminbab into the Congress. It is now learned that Velim Congress ZP member Juliobab Fernandes, a close aide of the Velim Sarpanch, has threatened to resign from the Zilla…

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