As long as voters take the goodies n not vote for him. Bernice Pereira
Sent from my iPhone > On 21-Mar-2021, at 1:54 PM, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The votes for the Corporation of the City of Panaji elections were cast > yesterday and we will have to wait till tomorrow morning to know the > results. > > A big chunk of Ward No 28 besides Ward 29 and 30 comprises of Ribandar. As > there are no exit polls for this election, one can only speculate by > assessing the ground reality. > > Babush Monserrate for the last four days had stationed his three very > prominent Taleigao henchmen at Ribandar to try and do what he does best, > purchase every vote possible. > > Over the last two days it was an unending flow of money with each voter > given between Rs 5000 to Rs 7000. For households having a cluster of 8 to > 10 votes it was a lump sum of 2 to 3 lakhs per household that was paid. The > irony is that some government officials, a few spouses of government > servants and a few otherwise respectable citizens were involved in this > unlawful and criminal exercise while seen distributing money house to house > through the election eve night. > > Besides money a lot of houses were given fridges, galvanized, sand, cement > bags and truck loads of laterite stones. Babush Monserrate is estimated to > have drained over three crores on these three Ribandar wards alone. People > have made the best of it as they all know that Babush Monserrate surfaces > and shows his face only once every five years at election time. Even Santa > Claus appears once a year! > > Observers however feel that despite having splashed such huge money, Babush > Monserrate will be unable to win any of these three Ribandar wards. His > only distant hope is success at Ward No 30 and that too by a very slender > margin. > > So, did Babush Monserrate squander three crores and still lose three wards? > > Aires Rodrigues > > Advocate High Court > > C/G-2, Shopping Complex > > Ribandar Retreat, > > Ribandar – Goa – 403006 > > Mobile No: 9822684372 > > Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 > > Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com > > Or > > airesrodrig...@yahoo.com > > You can also reach me on > > Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues > > Twitter@rodrigues_aires > > > www.airesrodrigues.com
