When GPCC chief Amitbab Patkar and Leader of Opposition Yuribab Alemao headed to Delhi to attend the Congress screening panel meeting to shortlist party candidates for the North and South Goa Lok Sabha seats, questions were asked back home who would be the duo’s choice of candidate for the South Goa seat? Given his animosity towards Girishbab Chodankar, many said the GPCC chief was unlikely to support his predecessor for the ticket. Others pointed out that Yuribab will not back the candidate of bête noire, Elvisbab Gomes. If unanimity is the criteria, the duo may be left to make a choice between sitting MP Francisbab Sardinha and Capt Viriatbab Fernandes. Any takers?
South LS seat: Testing time for Yuri over choice of candidate
Why it is often said in Congress circles that Leader of Opposition Yuribab Alemao may not go out of the way to oppose ex-GPCC chief Girishbab Chodankar’s candidature for the South Goa Lok Sabha seat? Well, one reason could be, sources say, is that the Congress party had opened the doors for Yuribab, when Girishbab was presiding over the Congress party. Sources said Yuribab’s father Joaquimbab Alemao also shares close rapport with Girishbab. Indeed, testing time for Yuribab when many a congressman keep their fingers crossed whether the party leadership will depart from the time-tested norm of fielding a candidate from the minority community for South Goa.
Velim Cong workers wary of deal for 2027 Assembly polls
Congress workers from Velim Assembly constituency have been trying to figure out whether there’s any deal between the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party for the 2027 Assembly polls. Velim has been a stronghold of the Congress party over the years. In every Lok Sabha election, the Congress leadership banks on Velim to give an unassailable lead for the party candidate. With AAP conceding both the seats to the Congress in the coming Lok Sabha polls, Congressmen are on the job to find out whether the party would reciprocate and leave the Velim seat to AAP in the 2027 Assembly polls. South Goa district Congress chief Saviobab D’Silva, who lost the Velim seat by a whisker, may have an answer?
Can Aleixo change the tide towards BJP in Cong-stronghold Nuvem?
It’s an open secret that minority-dominated Nuvem constituency has always stood like a rock behind the Congress in every Lok Sabha election over the years. None other than Saxtti’s lone Minister Aleixobab Sequeira, who represents Nuvem constituency in the Legislative Assembly, knows this bitter truth. Voting statistics notwithstanding, the Congress-turned-BJP MLA, however, seemed to have not lost hopes of making a dent in the minority dominated constituency. As he goes about taking up developmental projects in the constituency, don’t be surprised to find Aleixobab seeking support of Nuvemkars to vote and support the saffron brigade in the coming election. Wait and watch.
Churchill’s sudden silence on LS polls subject of debate in South
Why is Varca strongman Bab Churchill keeping his cards close to his chest vis-Ã -vis the ensuing Lok Sabha polls, is a question that has become a subject of debate in Saxtti’s media circles. Or, is the former two-time MP waiting for the opportune time to lay bare his plan. For, scribes have found Churchillbab wavering in his stand “ sometimes ruling out the possibility of contesting the polls, while at other times, promising to unveil his stand at the right time. His presence at Prime Minister Narendrabai Modi’s Viksit Bharat Viksit Goa rally at Margao had raised many an eyebrow in political circles. Wait and watch as BJP chief Sadanandbab Tanavade has termed Churchillbab a down to earth politician.
