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PANJIM: Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) engaged in a heated twitter exchange after Congress’ senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls P Chidambaram alleged that AAP would split the anti-BJP votes.
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Chidambaram put out a series of tweets about the forthcoming elections, stating that AAP would be splitting the anti-BJP votes.
Reacting to these, AAP’s National Convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted his advice to Chidambaram where he asked him to stop crying.
“Sir, Rona Band Kijiye, Hay re, mar gaye re, hamare vote kat diye re (Please stop crying) Goans will vote where they see hope. Cong is hope for BJP, not Goans. 15 out of 17 MLAs switched to BJP. Cong guarantee – every vote to Cong will be safely delivered to BJP. To vote BJP, route thro Cong for safe delivery,” Kejriwal tweeted.
Before that, Chidambaram had tweeted saying, “My assessment that the AAP (and the TMC) will only fracture the non-BJP vote in Goa has been confirmed by Mr Arvind Kejriwal. The contest in Goa is between Congress and BJP.
“Those who want a regime change (after 10 years of misrule) will vote for the Congress. Those who want the regime to continue will vote for the BJP. The choice before the voter in Goa is stark and clear, he said. Do you want a regime change or not? I appeal to the voters of Goa to vote for a regime change and vote Congress,” Chidambaram added.
Reportedly AAP has said it won’t be going for a pre-poll alliance but Kejriwal had said, if required, his party would go for post poll alliance with non-BJP political outfits. Congress has a pre-poll alliance with Goa Forward Party (GFP).
