Showcause notices slapped on Valanka, Jitesh

MARGAO: The elections to the executive committee of the state Youth Congress is turning out to be quite an eventful affair with two contestants - the frontrunner for the president's post, Valanka Alemao, and another candidate Jitesh Kamat - being slapped notices by the election commission of the Indian Youth Congress.
While Valanka, daughter of PWD minister Churchill Alemao, has been issued a notice asking her to show cause why she shouldn't be debarred from contesting the elections following charges of her seeking political support for her candidature, including that of chief minister Digambar Kamat, the show cause notice to Jitesh is for airing his complaints to the press.
While Jitesh said that he was yet to go through the notice, as he was away, sources close to Valanka said that she has already posted a reply to the show cause notice. Sources said that the junior Alemao has denied charges of her having sought political patronage for her candidature, while declaring that the chief minister has pledged support to her "on his own".
However, the PWD minister, apparently agitated over the show cause notice slapped on his daughter, vented his frustration at the outgoing chief of the state Youth Congress, Sankalp Amonkar.
Amonkar told TOI that Alemao called him up and abused him. He said that the PWD minister even threatened him with a view to pressurize him to support his daughter's candidature.
Alemao, when contacted, flatly denied that he ever made any call to Amonkar. "What's the need for me to contact Sankalp? Valanka is contesting the elections on her own strength. Even the accusations of Valanka seeking political support are all lies. I have not asked any politician, even (state Congress chief) Subhash Shirodkar to support Valanka. This is all false," Alemao said.