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A lot at stake in Cuncolim

With Elvisbab Gomes dropping hints that he is not averse to embracing the Congress, Cuncolkars are engrossed in a debate whether the party will throw open its doors for the former AAP chief. This question assumes significance and comes against the backdrop of the fact that the Congress high command has already admitted the father-son duo of Joaquim and Yuri Alemao to the party. It’s an open secret that Digambarbab had blessed the Joaquim-Yuri duo’s entry into the party last year. Hazard a guess who are the Congress leaders who are strongly rooting for Elvisbab’s entry into the Congress?  


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The big political question in Velim

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Feb 14, 2021, 12:31 AM IST
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Congress leadership may find itself in a piquant situation on the question of admitting former Velim MLA Benjaminbab Silva to the party. For, Velim Congress ZP member Juliobab Fernandes has strongly opposed any move to open the party doors for the former MLA. Sources say Juliobab is strongly rooting for Velim Sarpanch Saviobab D’Silva, who had led from the front to get the Congress candidate elected in the ZP polls in Velim. Has District Congress President Joebab Dias, who…

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