(Coco)Nut Job

Is there something fishy about the shortage of rations in Goa? Former Panaji MLA Sidharth Kuncalienker thinks so. He accused Uday Madkaikar, his party colleague and Panaji mayor, of diverting rations meant for home delivery during the lockdown to a store run by his brother and urged the chief minister to institute a probe. But Madkaikar is a tough nut to crack. He asked Kuncalienker to prove his contention by taking a ‘coconut oath’—swearing with the right hand on a coconut in front of a deity. Now, can Kuncalienker have his coconut and eat it too?