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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07 http://tinyurl.com/2dk2bl http://tinyurl.com/29kpdx --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alva basher resigns from Cong, council Prakash Joshi Times of India - Dec 25,2007 Mumbai : The Congress received a setback with loyalist leader Sudhir Sawant resigning from the party and legislative council on Saturday. Sawant whose six-year tenure as an MLC is scheduled to end after six months , submitted his resignation from the council to its chairperson Shivajirao Deshmukh. He announced his decision to quit the Congress at a news meet in the city. Before putting his papers Sawant had written to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, explaining the reasons behind his resignation from the party, which he joined during Rajiv Gandhi's tenure as a party president. The main reason behind his resignation is grouse against AICC general secretary Margaret Alva, whom he accused of selling party posts to rich leaders at the expense of loyalists. "I have paid the price for raising basic issue of corruption. I can not continue in the party since an honest worker like me has been repeatedly humiliated" he said. The Congress had asked him to apologise if he did not want to be sacked. Comments : Above news in TOI augments Dr. Barad's post precisely exposing Margaret (Market) Alva. Can you imagine how much wealth she must have amassed by selling congress tickets to the highest bidders during Jun 07 Goa assembly elections ? Vinay Original Message Message: 5 Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:08:44 +0530 From: "Dr. U. G. Barad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Selma calls Sonia "Painted Italian Doll"!!!!!!!!!! To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org> I am not at all against women power. In fact I have written two articles supporting present president of India. I have equally written nasty articles against Margaret Alva ? sorry Market Alva! Just for your information, the way she manipulated poliTRICKS in Goa deserved much harsher words than what I used! She, within a short span minted Crores of rupees besides grabbing a bungalow on the Campal Road, grabbing villas at Aldia de Goa, grabbed plots for her brother in Shiroda Industrial Estate! She was very found of calling ?Back stabber, Traitor? to a person in the morning (not in literal sense) and would call that same person ?Martyr? in the evening (again, not in literal sense)!! Should I continue what else she grabbed and how she was acting in Goa? And you still expect me to ?back her misdeeds because she is a lady?? You expect me to praise her because she is a woman? What do you expect me to do in connection with Market Alva?