Goa CM loses a prestige battle and a municipality
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Pramod Sawant. Image Source: IANS News
Panaji, April 16 : Amid a string of victories in the recently concluded zilla panchayat polls and the first phase of municipal elections across Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant s electoral blitz has run into rough weather in his own backyard.
Friday s 7-0 loss in a no-confidence motion against the incumbent mayor Yashwant Madkar at the Sakhali Municipal Council election, comes as a rude shock for Sawant, whose government is heading into state assembly polls in less than a year. Sawant is being billed as the party s chief ministerial face for the polls and the loss of a municipal council in his own constituency could emerge as a blip in his resume.