Goa polls: Self-proclaimed leader Michael Lobo will soon be exposed, says Pramod Sawant

Times of India | 4 months ago | 26-01-2022 | 01:20 am

Panaji: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday lashed out at his former cabinet colleague and Congress’ Calangute candidate Michael Lobo saying that the self-proclaimed leader, who has a dream to conquer Goa, will get exposed in the coming days. Reacting to Lobo’s mission to capture the entire state, Sawant said, “Earlier, too, people used to have similar dreams of conquering everything. People are wise and they know everything. As far as Bardez is concerned, people of Mapusa know what they have to do. There is no need for self-proclaimed leaders. Very soon people will start speaking about this self-proclaimed leader who has started touring the entire state. People will also know what he has done.” Lobo, who had launched ‘Together for Bardez’ while in BJP, is now campaigning under the banner ‘Together for Goa’. Besides the constituencies of Bardez, Lobo has also started touring others to campaign for Congress-GFP alliance candidates. When asked to react to allegations by the opposition that BJP is using government machinery to sabotage the opposition’s campaign, he said, “It is wrong information. If it was true, then BJP leaders would have not got notices from the EC.” Sawant said that it is for the first time that BJP is fielding candidates in all 40 constituencies. “We are getting good response in all constituencies.I personally monitor the campaign in all constituencies along with BJP state president Sadanand Shet Tanavade.” Tanavade said that the Union home minister Amit Shah is likely to arrive in Goa on January 30 and Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari before that.

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Times of India | 4 hours ago | 27-05-2022 | 04:05 am

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Panaji: There was outrage at Bhatlem, Panaji, on Thursday afternoon after a 52-year-old man kept two minor girls locked up in his store and allegedly molested them. A native of UP, Tanvir Ahmed, who runs a shop in Bhatlem, was accused of pulling the two minor girls inside and locking the store up, sending the girls’ families helter-skelter in search for them. The families raised an alarm in the area, which led to many locals gathering at the spot. Suspecting Ahmed, the locals began beating at his store doors, but he refused to open it. Police were called in who helped rescue the two minor girls. The accused has been arrested and booked under various sections of the Pocso Act and Goa Children’s Act.

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Times of India | 6 hours ago | 27-05-2022 | 01:57 am

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