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Saffron brigade gets into social engineering mode

It’s election time and time to manage social engineering. Chief Minister Pramodbab Sawant and President Sadanandbab Tanavade seemed to do exactly that with Assembly elections just days away. 

With Damubab Naik, an OBC, declared a candidate for Fatorda, the party seemed not averse to fielding a Catholic ST candidate Anthonybab Barbosa for Curtorim. And, with Dy CM Babu Ajgaonkar, hailing from the SC community, tipped for Margao, questions are raised whether the saffron brigade will prefer a Muslim Urfanbhai Mulla for Navelim. Wait and watch.


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Filipe Neri keeping his cards close to chest

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Jan 2, 2022, 12:52 AM IST
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Filipe Neri keeping his cards close to chest

Saxtti lone Minister Filipe Neri Rodrigues seemed keeping his cards close to his chest on the coming polls. When a couple of supporters called on him to extend New Year’s greetings, sources said Filipe Neribab preferred to maintain a wait and watch attitude. While contesting the polls on the BJP banner is out of question, Filipe Neribab is yet to make up his mind whether he would contest the polls on a party banner or throw his hat in the ring as an Independent. Is the…

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