EC TO GIVE SERIOUS CONSIDERATION TO THE DEMAND TO REPLACE KESHKAMAT Election Commissioner Mr. B.B. Tandon today (March 23) assured that serious consideration would be given to the demand to replace the current Collector and Returning Officer for the North Goa Parliamentary Constituency Mr. S.S. Keshkamat with a free and fair officer. The assurance was given to a 10-member delegation of concerned citizens led by former student leader Adv. Aires Rodrigues when they met the Election Commissioner at Panaji today.
Adv. Rodrigues submitted a memorandum to the Election Commissioner seeking removal of Mr. Keshkamat as free and fair elections could be ensured only if the credentials of officers responsible for conducting elections is absolutely above board. The memorandum complained that Mr. Keshkamat, who was due to retire in September 2003 on attaining superanuation, was granted a one-year extension at the behest of some senior BJP leaders including current North Goa BJP candidate Mr. Sripad Naik, who had very strongly lobbied for Mr. Keshkamat's extension apparently in view of the impending Lok Sabha elections. Rodrigues also told the Election Commissioner that Mr. Keshkamat was bound to be biased in favour of the ruling BJP in gratitude for the extension in service granted to him and Mr. Keshkamat would even go out of the way to favour the Ruling BJP hoping for yet another extension. x x x ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
