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To Luizinho’s rescue

Hazard a guess who tried to give a clean chit to Navelim veteran Luizinhbab Faleiro when Congress Mahila Chief Pratimabai Coutinho lashed out at him for not supporting her in the Navelim ZP poll. Well, it’s none other than Kumpar Churchillbab Alemao, who rushed to the media to say that Pratimabai would have lost her deposit had it not been for the Navelim MLA’s hard work. Sounds interesting, isn’t it given the fact that Churchillbab had rallied behind Independent candidate Ciprubab Cardozo in the by-poll.   


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An alliance and the Ponda conundrum

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Mar 27, 2021, 12:30 AM IST
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Only time will tell whether or not Congress and Goa Forward will come together to fight the 2022 Assembly elections. But, even if the two forge an alliance to keep the BJP at bay, the two parties may come face to face over the Ponda seat. While the Goa Forward had roped in former Ponda Municipal Council Chairperson Venkateshbab into the party fold as its candidate for 2022, Friday saw the Congress opening its doors for Rajeshbab Verenkar. Wait and watch how Leader of…

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