South Goa by-polls
on 30 Oct
Sandesh Prabhudesai
25 September 2007
The by-election for the South Goa seat would be held on 30
October.
The votes would be counted on 3 November, as per the press
note released by the Election Commission of India today.
The seat had fallen vacant as PWD minister Churchill Alemao
had resigned as the MP on 8 May, while quitting the Congress,
to contest the state Assembly polls.
Heading the Save Goa Front, a regional outfit, he won two
seats, defeating two Congress bigwigs - Francisco Sardinha
and Luizinho Faleiro.
Both Sardinha and Faleiro are presently trying for the Lok
Sabha ticket.
On the other hand, Churchill is trying hard to field his
Delhi-based lawyer daughter Valanka, if possible, on the Congress
ticket.
After joining the Congress-led coalition government recently
as his BJP-led attempt to topple the Digambar Kamat government
had failed, Churchill is trying to merge the SGF into the
Congress, in return of the South Goa ticket for his daughter.
Union minister for Information and Broadcasting Priyaranjan
Dasmunshi was recently in Goa in this connection.
As per the schedule declared by the ECI, the notification
of the by-polls would be issued on 5 October. With nominations
beginning on 12 October, the last date for withdrawals would
be 15 October.
Along with South Goa, the ECI has also declared by-election
in Lanji Assembly constituency of Madhya Pradesh as the seat
had fallen vacant due to death of Dileep Bhaiyalal.
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