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Unfulfilled demand and poll manifesto

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 Manoharbhai’s tenure, plans to make a separate civic body for Fatorda failed to take off. Will a separate Fatorda civic body proposal find a mention in Vijaibab’s manifesto? Wait and watch.


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Joaquim-Yuri: A step away from joining Cong?

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Nov 7, 2020, 12:04 AM IST
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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…

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