Politics | Governance
Alina to be inducted on Friday
PTI, PANAJI | 03 June 2012 22:10 IST
Alina Saldanha, the BJP candidate who was elected unopposed in the recent Cortalim by-poll, would be inducted into the Goa Cabinet on June 8.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has confirmed this.
Alina would take oath as a Member of Legislative Assembly on June 4, Parrikar told reporters last evening here.
The Chief Minister said she would be given some "lighter portfolios" for now, as she was a newcomer in politics.
Alina's late husband Matanhy Saldanha was a minister in the Parrikar Cabinet.
His untimely death necessitated the by-election.
She was elected unopposed on May 21 as all the other candidates, including that of Congress, withdrew from the fray.
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We look forward to having a well respected lady and an educationist like Alina Saldanha who will walk in her husband our Matanhy Bab's footsteps to stand up for Goa.