With Cong or not,will contest from Navelim: Churchill

With Cong or not,will contest from Navelim: Churchill
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, NOV 27
A visibly agitated PWD Minister Churchill Alemao on Saturday asserted that he would contest the next Assembly polls from Navelim constituency.
Reacting to news reports in a section of vernacular press that the high command has decided to nominate former MLA Luizinho Faleiro in Navelim for the coming Assembly polls, Alemao asserted that he does not require the ticket of any party to contest the polls.
He reminded newsmen that he had won the Navelim seat on the opposition banner, adding that it makes no difference for him whether he is given the Congress ticket or not.
The PWD minister said that he has not received any communication from the high command on any decision to field Faleiro in Navelim and he in Benaulim. In a lighter vein, Alemao said “may be the high command has communicated such a decision to the vernacular media”.
“For Churchill, ticket is not really an issue. Last time round, I had contested the polls on the SGF and won the Navelim seat. It makes no difference whether the Congress ticket is given or not”, he asserted.
The PWD minister, however, conveyed a message that no one should ever dream that he would contest the coming polls from Benaulim. “I am confident that the Congress leadership will give me the ticket to contest the polls from Navelim. No one should dream that I will be told to contest from Benaulim”, he added.
Meanwhile, the PWD Minister Churchill Alemao has said the National Highway 17 alignment will be finalised by next month after a re-survey by officials of the National Highway Authority and the PWD.
Alemao said that the re-survey report will be placed before the MLAs for their comments on the alignment. “The government does not want to rush with the alignment for NH-17. Let the re-survey be completed first, before the report is placed before the MLAs and the Committee for approval”, he added.