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With the municipal elections round the corner, BJP Leader Damubab Naik is facing the greatest challenge of his political career. In 2015, rival Vijaibab Sardesai swept the civic polls by winning all the 11 seats falling in the Fatorda area of Margao Municipal Council. The ensuing polls gives an opportunity for the former two-time Fatorda MLA to prove a point or two to his detractors that he is still relevant in Fatorda politics. The municipal polls verdict is the barometer indicating whether the former two-time MLA will make a comeback in Fatorda in 2022.  


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Municipal polls litmus test for Vijai

GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Jan 9, 2021, 12:09 AM IST
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When Vijaibab Sardesai’s Fatorda Forward swept the Margao Municipal Council polls five years ago, the Fatorda MLA tried the Fatorda experiment beyond the boundaries of the constituency, finally giving birth to the Goa Forward Party. That the Goa Forward won three out of the four seats the party contested in 2017 is now history. Much water, however, has flown down the river Sal in the last four years and Vijaibab is facing an acid test in his fiefdom Fatorda in the…

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