MARGAO: This is like it’s all in the family. At least six husband-wife duo are amongst family members contesting the panchayat elections in Salcete taluka. In seven other wards, family members are involved in a fight in some cases against each other.
Couples are contesting in Chinchinim-Deusua, Varca, ward No. 5 of Cana Benaulim, Macasana, Guirdolim and Chandor-Cavorim panchayats.
In Guirdolim besides the husband-wife duo, the husband’s brother is also contesting and all three from three different wards.
In Davorlim Dicarpale an uncle and nephew are pitted against each other while in Nuvem an aunt and niece living in separate houses are contesting against each other in one ward while in another ward distant cousins living in separate houses are vying for the same seat.
In ward No. 2 that is reserved for women in Cana Benaulim, two relatives are pitted against each other but in Betalbatim two relatives are contesting from two different wards.
In Seraulim relatives staying in the same house are contesting from two different wards while in Ambelim two relatives living in different houses are contesting against each other in a ward reserved for women.
In two panchayats, the same person is contesting from two wards. In Chinchinim-Deusua Santana Franquito Luis de Piedade Nunes is contesting from ward No. 1 reserved for women and ward No. 2. At Dramapur Sirlim Sanjana Santosh Chari has been already declared elected from both the wards that were reserved for OBC women.
