Will Narvekar be debarred from contesting polls ?
Sandesh Prabhudesai 17 September 2000 For the first time after its constitution in 1997, the Public Men’s Corruption (Investigations and Inquiries) Commission has held a powerful politician, brother of the deputy chief minister, guilty in a corruption case. While the tourist state is gripped with fever of municipal polls scheduled on 15 October, the commission has even recommended the state government to debar Subhash Narvekar, former president of Mapusa municipality, from contesting elections. “We have no option but to proceed with the recommendations”, states urban development minister Francisco D’Souza, who is also the Mapusa municipal president. The 25-page judgement is presently referred to the law department. Dayanand Narvekar, the deputy CM, is his colleague in the Goan Peoples’ Congress. They had split together along with nine others from the Congress in November to form a coalition government with the Bharatiya Janata Party. Though the Dy CM is acquitted from the charges of us
