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Goemkarponn desk CANACONA – Other than capitulating on the BJP’s saffron tag, did Tawadkar’s Scheduled Tribe image once again helped the Lotus to bloom in Canacona? Tawadkar, who won Canacona with a comfortable margin, had his last laugh in the sensitive Canacona municipal areas where he polled 2759 votes, the highest in one segment. It may be recalled that BJP, in its efforts to drum up support, romped in the ruling council consisting of 8 of the 12 Councillors, including chairperson Simon Rebello, who all together not only hijacked but led the BJP’s campaign in every corner of the Constituency.…

Goemkarponn desk SANKHALIM: On International Women’s Day, JCI Sanquelim honoured a group of women workers who silently contributed to society. Internationally famed singer Hema Sardesai felicitated these women appreciating their hard work to make the world a better place to live. The function was held at Toneshwar Hall, Maulingtad, Sankhalim, in which Ms Sardesai had participated as a Chief Guest. “You will find God when you work for someone else. Gautam Buddha, Lord Shree Krishna, Lord Jesus worked for the others, which made them God,” Sardesai said, addressing the crowd on occasion. The renowned singer said that humans are bestowed…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant held a meeting of the outgoing cabinet and passed a resolution to dissolve the assembly. The cabinet also passed a resolution thanking the people of Goa for supporting his government ever since Sawant took charge in 2019. “We had called members of the last cabinet, and a resolution was passed to dissolve the Assembly from Monday,” said Sawant. He further said that it would be sent to the Governor, after which the assembly would be dissolved, and a meeting of fresh legislators would be held. “I was a Chief Minister for the last…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: MGP Leader Sudin Dhavalikar today said that he accepts the mandate of the people of Goa and has decided to give unconditional support to the BJP to form the next state government. Dhavalikar also said that the newly entrant Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) created havoc in the state by pulling 10 per cent of the vote share. “I have consulted with all the stakeholders, and we have decided to give unconditional to the BJP to form the next state government in the state. We have not demanded anything,” said Dhavalikar. He further said that he spoke to…

Goemkarponn desk PANAJI: Soon after the nominations for the 2022 Assembly elections, the talks in the entire State was about the family raj in Goan politics. Out of the 40 seats in the Goa Assembly, ten seats — a staggering 25 per cent — contested by the husband and wife duo: Two in the BJP, one in Congress, one in the TMC and one independent. But it didn’t stop at that. The Alemao father-daughter duo contested TMC tickets, whereas their alliance partner MGP had two brothers contesting. There were a total of five couples in the fray. Michael…

NEW MLA, NEW VISION “For this win, I am very much thankful to Quepemkars who stood with me, trusted me. In future, my vision for the Quepem constituency is to make this constituency number one in all aspects, especially in education, agriculture and sports, which will be the main priority. For these things to achieve, proper infrastructure in the panchayat area of Quepem constituency is needed.” Altone D’Costa Quepem MLA-elect Christanand Pednekar/ Goemkarponn desk QUEPEM: Congress candidate Altone D’Costa became a giant killer by defeating the former deputy Chief Minister of Goa and BJP candidate Babu Kavlekar in…

Goemkarponn desk SANGUEM: BJP Sanguem candidate Subhash Faldesai emerged victorious in the Sanguem constituency, badly defeating Independent candidate Savitri Kavlekar. Newly elected Sanguem MLA Subhash Faldesai said people of Sanguem did not fall prey to money. Further, he said my victory credit goes to all my party committees and the BJP block committee of Sanguem. “I am thankful to the people of Sanguem who voted for me without succumbing to any pressure,” he said. Further, he said that this is not the first time that people of Sanguem had shown those candidates who used money power before in 2012. “Yuri…