Team Herald
MERCES: Felicitating former St Cruz MLA Victoria Fernandes on Opinion Poll day, Adv Radharao Gracias emphasised on the need to have the statue of Dr Jack de Sequeira installed in the Assembly complex.
He said that just as we consider Sequeira as the father of the Opinion Poll, Victoria could be rightly called the mother of the Opinion Poll as she was very much with Sequeira to fight ferociously to avoid the merger of Goa in Maharashtra.
Speaking on the occasion, St Cruz MLA Tony Fernandes said that if at all he along with other MLAs are enjoying the benefit of being elected today, the credit goes to Sequeira.
Victoria shared her experience during the Opinion Poll and the manner in which she moved to Pernem in the guise of a Hindu woman to convince those who were in favour of the merger. She urged Goans to continue staying united to fight against anything that will go against Goa and the Goans at large.
