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Margao: Former power minister and veteran Congress leader Aleixo Sequeira has decided to retire from active politics. So I decided this was the time for me to quit active politics," he said, adding that he would extend his support to Wilfred D'Sa, who is likely to be the candidate of the Congress-led alliance in the Nuvem constituency. This was disclosed to me by senior leaders of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) and my well-wishers. "The Church is objecting (to my candidature) tooth and nail. He announced his decision at a hurriedly-convened press conference on Wednesday.Sequeira attributed his decision to "the stand taken by the Church (in Goa) to oppose his candidature" for the 2017 assembly election..