37 candidates to slug it out in Valpoi
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
VALPOI, OCT 13
Thirty seven candidates are in the fray for elections to nine of the 10-member Valpoi Municipal Council (VMC), with Baptiste Dias being elected unopposed from Ward 3.
The final list of candidates who are in the fray are Lokare Vandana Shivaji and Veluskar Durgabai Sajro (Ward 1, reserved for OBC women), Haldankar Tukaram Bhikaji, Morajkar Keshav Vithal and Shirodkar Ramdas Gokuldas (Ward 2), Gawas Chandan Krishna, Gawas Prakash Bhikaro and Gawas Shaba Shrikant (Ward 4), Beig Abdul Munir and Shaikh Idrus (Ward 5), Khan Gulzar bi Ismail and Khan Sharafat (Ward 6), Dessai Roshan Ramdas, Fernandes Dorytina, Khan Anisa Mohamad Billal, Khan Famida Bi, Khan Sharifa Bi, Khan Zarina Shaukat and Teli Prajakta Prasad (Ward 7, reserved for women), Gulelkar Umesh Rama and Sakhalkar Sanjay Mahadev (Ward 8, reserved for OBC), Khan Mohamad Sharif, Khan Nasir Hyder, Khan Ulfat Jahan Abdul Gafur, Khan Usman Salia, Salunke Dharmendra Pandurang, Sayyad Vasivauddin Burhanuddin, Shah Akhatar Hussain, Shaikh Bashir Ahmad, Shah Mujaffer Ismail and Shaikh Yusuf Yakub (Ward 9), Kanekar Shweta Ashish, Khan Latifa Bi, Pokle Archana Arvind, Sayyad Faimida Mohamad Ali, Shaikh Shaizin Abdul Wahab and Velingkar Nisha Nilesh (Ward 10, reserved for women).
Baptise Joseph Dias from Ward 3, which was reserved for ST, was elected unopposed, as only one nomination was received by Returning Officer Gaurish Kurttikar.
After scrutiny of nomination papers, 50 candidates were left, however on the day of withdrawal on Wednesday, 12 candidates withdrew from the fray.
