MARGAO: Dorris Texeira resigning from the post of vice chairperson of MMC now signifies the losing grip of Digamber Kamat over the MMC. While Digamber says he never had the MMC Texeira’s resignation is a clear sign that the undisputed king is in minority now.
Reportedly 20 councillors signed the no confidence motion. They are: Clara Fernandes, Lyndon Pereira, Zita Crasto, Terrance Barbosa, Peter Fernandes, Babita Prabhudessai, Jose Fernandes, Tito Cardozo, Pooja Naik, Glen Andrade, Angelis Pereira, Suchita Malkarnekar, Ketan Kurtarkar, Damodar Naik, Rupesh Mahatme, Jaffar Budhani, Arthur D’Silva, Sugandha Bandekar, Raju Shirodkar and Kutubuddin Bhagewadi.
Now Digamber Kamat and his Model Margao has 6 councillors which include Sharad Prabhudessai, Avinash Shirodkar, Dorris Texeira, Manoj Masurkar and Deepa Shirodker.
The exit of Texeira happened after she was given the option of resigning graciously or face No confidence motion. He resigned herself on Friday.
Kamat said, “I had discussed the matter with Dorris and have taken this collective decision to step down as we didn’t have the numbers.”
“We had come together in the interest of Margao town and had fought the election together. Now may be they are facing pressures as they are in Government,” Kamat said.
When asked whether this will affect his political ambitions in Margao, he said, “The effect will be seen in next election. As far as I know Madgaonkaars have shown their verdict to me for the last 7 terms.”
Till Wednesday, the name of Rupesh Mahatme was being propped up for the vacancy of vice chairpersons post but it was heard from political corners that Tito Cardozo may be propped up for the post.
