Hi SaligaoNetters
Guess everybody is awaiting the results of the elections, with ...bated
breath???
Willy to battle it out for Saligao
Really? It has come to "battle" now? One upon a time.....it was plain
sailing as I recall!
Oh well! good luck to him & everybody else!
Perhaps all these candidates should check how many people have been struck
off the electoral rolls. Heard there was a long queue of people from various
villages, waiting at the Mamlatadar's office in the hope that they will get
their names reinstated before the next elections. Whether the problem arose
due to computer glitches, wrong feeding in of information, loss of material
due to unforeseen circumstances,..... is anyone's guess.
And I'm not just making unnecessary statements - just letting out the fact
that Fiona's & mum's names are no longer on the electoral rolls this time
after having been there through the years...perhaps the computer deleted
their names at the time it deleted dad's name upon his demise??? Just a wild
guess of course, on my part. That makes 2 votes less at the Panchayat
elections....and how many more?
Hopefully the names will get reinstated before the next elections which are
in????....June???......Or after 5 years???
Have a nice day! I'm going to have a relaxed weekend.
Ta ra
Annette
By Joaquim Fernandes
Panaji, May 8 Saligao constituency has long been the personal
stronghold of Dr Wilfred de Souza. He has represented the Saligao
constituency for over 20 years. This time he is facing a battle from
the BJP and Independent candidate, Mr Trajano D'Mello. The MGP is also
fielding its candidate, Mr Anand Tulaskar from Saligao.
But observers feel that Dr de Souza will still manage to win Saligao.
In the last assembly election, there was no alliance between the
Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party and Dr de Souza thus had
to fight off a challenge from the Congress candidate, Mr Trajano
D'Mello and also the BJP candidate, Mr Sadguru Harmalkar.
This time, the alliance looks like it is happening and if it does, Dr
de Souza will have no Congress candidate to worry about. Mr D'Mello is
understood to be fighting as an Independent and how much danger he can
pose to Dr de Souza as an Independent remains to be seen.
Saligao constituency is made up of seven village panchayats; Saligao,
Parra, Arpora-Nagoa, Guirim, Bastora, Ucassaim-Paliem-Punola and
Sangolda. The total voters are 21,573.
Observers feel that the panchayat elections are an indication of the
growing support to Dr de Souza. For example, in the Bastora panchayat,
Dr de Souza's panel won six out of seven seats. Also, Dr de Souza is
learnt to have won new supporters in Parra and Arpora. Part of the
reason, is that as Deputy Chief Minister, Dr de Souza has been able to
do more development work, observers feel.
The BJP is fielding a new face Mr Deelip Parulekar. The businessman
has been a BJP member for the last 15 years though he has never
contested an election. He feels that with every election, Dr de
Souza's victory margin has declined and that this time the BJP will
romp home victorious. Among other things, Mr Parulekar is the
president of the Saligao Yuva Manch. He says the youth are with him
and he will win on their support.
If he wins, his top priority will be to build a new bridge connecting
Calangute to Arpora because the present one is very narrow and
dilapidated and causes lot of traffic congestion. He has a target to
build at least two-three playgrounds in Saligao and a water treatment
plant near Guirim to tide over the water shortage problem of this part
of Bardez.
Mr D'Mello said his campaigning was much ahead of any of the other
candidates because he has been in direct contact with the people of
Saligao constituency for the last four years. He said he has been
directly meeting with all sections of society, be it teachers,
farmers, women, etc. and listening to their problems. If he wins, he
will go from ward to ward, build up a community spirit, listen to the
people's problems and do what they want, he said.
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