As the Utpalbab Parrikar episode takes centre stage, the Congress camp is buzzing with a pointed question: did Leader of Opposition Yuribab Alemao take the Congress High Command into confidence before making overtures to Utpalbab for the forthcoming CCP polls? Sources say Yuribab may have floated the proposal to support Utpalbab as part of a broader Congress strategy to strengthen the party in North Goa. However, with party president Amitbab Patkar and others raising the ideological bogey, questions are now doing the rounds on the ground — was the High Command really in the loop before the decision to make common cause with Utpalbab Parrikar? Wait and watch.
