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Taking it easy in Salcete

When Chief Minister Pramodbab Sawant descended on Saxttidom during the weekend to interact with his party karyakartas, he was categorical in saying that Salcete mission is no more on the party agenda. Unlike his mentor, late Manoharbhai Parrikar, who launched Mission Salcete in 2004 to woo the minorities to the saffron brigade, Pramodbab does not attach much importance to the mission. Political observers say Mission Salcete may not be relevant anymore when a host of political players and independents are equally vying for the minority space, in what was considered a Congress bastion. Any questions?


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Nuvem still holds out hope for him

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Jan 2, 2021, 12:27 AM IST
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Congress-turned-BJP MLA Wilfredbab D’Sa-backed candidate might have lost the Nuvem ZP seat by a 151-vote margin. The MLA’s camp, however, says that not everything is lost for the one-time MLA, a year after he embraced the saffron brigade. Close aides of Wilfredbab in private say that the MLA’s candidate came close to upset the Congress calculations despite the fact that he is now part of the BJP. Local Congress leaders, including Eversonbab Valles, may say people are just…

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