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When Cong, Goa Forward united to keep BJP at bay in Cuncolim

They may not enjoy the best of relations since Yuribab Alemao quit the regional outfit to embrace the Congress. The Congress and the Goa Forward, however, seemed to have coordinated well to keep the BJP at bay in the Cuncolim Municipal Council. For, when a Congress councillor finally withdrew his consent to the no-trust motion tabled against the Congress-backed Municipal Chairperson, Goa Forward vice-president Durgadasbab Kamat was coordinating with the media, even going to the town with the news that the motion has fizzled out. Any takers?

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Of the 8 defectors, Kamat lone MLA to show power in fiefdom

Guilherme Almeida
Published Oct 30, 2022, 12:14 AM IST
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This may sound strange. Of the eight Congress MLAs who defected to the saffron brigade a month and a half ago, Diggu has turned out the lone MLA who has displayed his power and strength in his fiefdom Margao. Even before he could get a ministerial berth, Diggu first saw to it the Lotus bloomed in the Margao municipality. And, he went on to get hundreds of his supporters inducted into the BJP, virtually parading his support base before the BJP leadership. Will the remaining…

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