BICHOLIM: Dharmesh Saglani and Kunda Madkar have been elected as the chairperson and deputy chairperson of the Sanquelim Municipal Council (SMC) at the elections held on Thursday.
Presiding Officer Dasharath Redkar and Chief Officer Pravinjay Pandit were present. Saglani won by 11-2 vote margin while Madkar was victorious by 10-3 margin. There were apprehensions over the silent BJP vote to Saglani. Damodar Ghadi, Brahmand Desai, Rashmi Desai, Shubhada Sawaikar, Raya Parsekar, Yeshwant Madkar, Jyoti Blaggon, Ansira Khan, Anand Kanekar, Dayanand Boryekar and Rajesh Sawal were present. Nominations for chairpersons post were filed by Dharmesh Saglani and Anand Kanekar while, Kunda Madkar and Dayanand Boryekar filed their papers for deputy chairperson’s post. Saglani assured to take up all-round development with the help of Pratapsingh Rane and Vishwajit Rane while Kunda Madkar vowed to implement various schemes. Meanwhile, the BJP-supported councillors namely Dayanand Boryekar, Anand Kanekar and Rajesh Sawal informed that the lone extra vote was polled by mistake and that they are united and will sit in the opposition.
