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Benaulim politics: a lot at stake

When Varca strongman Bab Churchill played Mamata Didi’s tunes at a media briefing earlier this week, it only threw up more questions than answers across Saxtti’s coastal belt. As many as two leaders from Benaulim constituency, noted tiatr producer Tonybab D’Costa followed by Carmona Sarpanch Allwynbab Jorge had embraced the TMC around two months ago. In fact, sources say the duo had been going about their campaign in Benaulim in right earnest since then. Tonybab has even opened his office in Benaulim during the weekend. Didi’s scheduled visit to Goa around mid-December may shed light on these questions.


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All eyes on Trinamool Congress in Fatorda

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Dec 5, 2021, 12:32 AM IST
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South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha might have been left with no option but to maintain silence on the Cong-Goa Forward alliance in Fatorda. His close aide, Ethelbai Lobo, however, has already hit the Fatorda streets to take on bete noire Vijaibab Sardesai in 2022. Ethelbai had moved out of the Congress and embraced the TMC couple of days before the Congress stitched an alliance with the Goa Forward. How would Ethelbai go about her campaign in Fatorda. Take note, Fatorda has…

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