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Joaquim-Yuri: A step away from joining Cong?

Former MLA Joaquimbab Alemao’s son Yuri’s presence with top Congress leaders at Chandor for the anti-track doubling agitation has raised many an eyebrow in political circles. Yuri, sources said, ferried his supporters in buses to Chandor before the whole group joined Congress leaders led by Digambarbab Kamat. Yuri was not seen wearing the Congress scarf, but the very fact that he was with the party’s leaders and workers has thrown up a question in political circles whether the day is not far away before he embraces the Congress with father Joaquimbab. Is Vijaibab aware of this development?


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A question of alliance & candidates

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Nov 7, 2020, 12:04 AM IST
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When NCP’s all-powerful national General Secretary Praful Patel thundered that the party will not have any truck with the Congress in 2022, political circles were abuzz with questions whether the NCP was eyeing some of the Congress-turned-BJP MLAs as candidates for the 2022 battle. Questions are being raised in political circles whether the NCP would open the doors for a couple of these Congress-turned-BJP MLAs, more so those hailing from the minority community, whose…

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