Team Herald
PANJIM: Citizen Choice panel for Margao Municipal Council (MMC) and Ami Quepemkar for Quepem Municipal Council (QMC) on Wednesday termed Congress, BJP and Goa Forward Party relation as Kazar Sompeponnachem – Marriage of Convenience.
Hitting out at Vijai Sardessai and Digambar Kamat, Adv. Seoula who is the Citizens Choice candidate from ward 3 said, “We at Citizens Choice panel want to give the people of Margao and Quepem a next level municipal council by ensuring non-corrupt and clean governance.” She further appealed to Citizen Choice panel a chance to show that it can only bring the desired change. “We shall reduce your house tax by 50% and provide a single window system for trade license,” she said.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has fielded 11 candidates under the banner of Ami Quepemkar for the QMC polls, cited how BJP and the Congress backed councils have proven to be abject failures in changing the face of Quepem for so many years.
Sunita Pereira who is contesting from ward 11 lamented that her ward looks the same for so many years and there has been no development whatsoever even though their MLA defected from the Congress to the BJP.
“We have no proper roads and there is no drinking water available besides the fact that most youth are unemployed,” she said while pointing out that people from her area have to walk 4 kms to visit a doctor or even go to school.
“If our panel is elected then within 100 days of taking over the Quepem Municipal Council we shall reduce the trade tax and house tax by 50 per cent besides also abolishing the garbage tax,” she added.
Student of Political Science Benita Fernandes is contesting from ward 9 expressed her disgust at the manner in which the municipality works. “Actually work that can be done in one day is usually done in one week and people are simply made to run here and there,” she said.
She said people from different walks of life have come together under the Ami Quepemkar panel and pointed out that while she is a student they also have a former sea farer and a self employed person on the panel.
“With our own experience we know what the common man wants and can fulfill their demand,” she said.
Covin Colaco who is contesting from ward 7 said a person who has been the councilor for 15 years and even been the chairperson of the council has not done anything in his ward and appealed to people to discard the old face and vote for a young and dynamic person like him.
“Now with elections round the corner he has built a place for people to sit out which is developed right next to a mosquito breeding place and people sitting there are likely to be hospitalized due to vector borne diseases,” he said.
Selvina Fernandes contesting from ward 8 claimed she was even lured to pull out from the elections. “I refused their offer and am contesting because I want to bring about a change,” she said while appealing to the people to vote for her and reject all other candidates in her ward.
Royston Gomes who is the candidate from ward 7 added if their panel members are elected they would reduce the house tax by 50 per cent besides setting up a single window system for payment of all taxes.
Royston who belongs to the ST community is contesting from a ward that is in general category.
and asked the people to vote for him because he is confident of his victory and that is the reason why he is not contesting from a reserved ward.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has fielded 11 candidates under the banner of Ami Quepemkar for the QMC polls, cited how BJP and the Congress backed councils have proven to be abject failures in changing the face of Quepem for so many years.
Sunita Pereira who is contesting from ward 11 lamented that her ward looks the same for so many years and there has been no development whatsoever even though their MLA defected from the Congress to the BJP.
“We have no proper roads and there is no drinking water available besides the fact that most youth are unemployed,” she said.
“If our panel is elected then within 100 days of taking over the Quepem Municipal Council we shall reduce the trade tax and house tax by 50 per cent besides also abolishing the garbage tax,” she added.
Student of Political Science Benita Fernandes is contesting from ward 9 expressed her disgust at the manner in which the municipality works. “Actually work that can be done in one day is usually done in one week and people are simply made to run here and there,” she said.
Seoula ridiculed the alliance between the Congress and Goa Forward Party in Margao and said this sort or arrangements result in splitting the council and the councillors will only concentrate about their area and not the whole council as one.
Royston Gomes who is the candidate from ward 7 added if their panel members are elected they would reduce the house tax by 50 per cent besides setting up a single window system for payment of all taxes.
Royston who belongs to the ST community is contesting from a ward that is in general category and asked the people to vote for him because he is confident of his victory and that is the reason why he is not contesting from a reserved ward.
