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Keeping his cards close to his chest

Call it a strange coincidence or whether there’s more than what meets the eye, Goa Forward Chief Vijaibab Sardesai has welcomed with open arms into the party-fold two leaders who were closely associated with the saffron brigade. Both Kiranbab Kandolkar and Deepak Kalangutkar were part of the ruling party, with Kiranbab representing the BJP in the Assembly in the recent past. Vijaibab seems to be playing his cards close to his chest with the non-Congress, non-BJP parties seeking alliances with regional parties.  


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Neri and 2022 poll

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Nov 1, 2020, 1:29 AM IST
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How could Chief Minister Pramodbab Sawant exude confidence that Saxtti’s lone minister Filipe Neribab will be in his government in the future as well, given the fact that many believe the Velim MLA may not contest the 2022 polls on the BJP’s Lotus symbol. In fact, the CM was categorical in announcing at Cuncolim that Congress-turned-BJP MLAs Filipe Neribab, Deputy CM Babu Kavlekar and Clafaciobab Dias will be very much part of the future BJP government. Many an observer was…

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