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Administrators’ raj in MMC: Advantage BJP

The appointment of an administrator to preside over the Margao municipal body should ring in good news for Fatorda BJP leader Damubab’s camp. While archrival Vijaibab Sardesai had maintained a stranglehold over the Margao civic body for the last five years, many now say that Damubab Naik and his camp may now call the shots in the corridors of the civic body with the council coming under the government-appointed officers. The administrator’s raj may indeed come as welcome news for the saffron brigade before the civic polls. Any questions?


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Unfulfilled demand and poll manifesto

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Nov 7, 2020, 12:04 AM IST
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Goa Forward Chief Vijaibab Sardesai may suddenly realize that though he ruled the Margao civic body for five years, the proposed Fatorda Municipal Council could not become a reality. After joining hands with the saffron brigade to make late Manohar Parrikar the state’s Chief Minister, Vijaibab had placed a host of demands, including the demand to carve out a separate civic body for Fatorda. While Vjiaibab succeeded in setting up a separate police station for Fatorda during…

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