Goa Polls: Avertano Furtado is the undisputed choice of Navelcars for 2022 elections

MARGAO: After emerging a giant killer by defeating Churchill Alemao in the historic 2012 Assembly poll, former Fisheries Minister Avertano Furtado, for multiple reaaons is the undisputed choice of Navelcars for Elections 2022.

Furtado gets the benefit of a strong Congress vote, given the fact that Navelim in South Goa, is a traditional Congress stronghold, not to forget the anger of Navelcars against rising prices, failed governance, bad roads and the pathetic mismanagement of the Covid pandemic/oxygen crisis in Goa, that will ensure fence-sitters keep away from the BJP candidate.

According to a spot survey conducted by this website in Navelim, there is a strong anti-BJP current against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate, making Furtado the strongest contender amongst others.

Navelcars extremely angry with Faleiro

It is most unlikely that Luizinho Faleiro will contest the 2022 Assembly elections, after getting a Rajya Sabha seat on a platter. Besides, Faleiro is himself uncertain about winning, as he has lost touch with a majority of his voters and will not want to face the embarrassment of defeat in his home constituency, that could have wide-ranging repercussions on his national role at the All India Trinamool Congress. He is likely to chart a course for himself in the North East, staying away from Navelim as much as he can or may prop up a proxy for the coming polls. Navelcars are extremely angry with Faleiro for ignoring the constituency over the last 5 years, and that anger is very likely to be seen during the forthcoming polls, a fact that Faleiro is himself aware of.

While it is expected that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Pratima Coutinho will attack with guns blazing, she is unlikely to dent Furtado’s victory margin, given the precedent in the last Zilla Parishad elections.

That gives Furtado a free run, which, with a little hard work is a sure-shot win for the former soccer player and for the Congress.