FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2024
Team Herald
PANJIM: Asserting that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is the only political alternative in Goa, Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister and senior AAP leader Manish Sisodia on Monday ruled out forming any alliance with other parties while announcing to contest all 40-assembly seats in the upcoming 2022 State elections.
Addressing media persons, Sisodia said he is confident that AAP will win all 40 seats in the Assembly elections as people of Goa are looking for a change.
Sisodia, who arrived in Goa on Sunday, had held series of meetings with the party workers. On Monday, he also paid tributes to former CMs late Dayanand Bandodkar and late Manohar Parrikar, before visiting Shree Mahalaxmi temple in the city.
“We have presence in all the 40 constituencies and the party is emerging as an alternative to BJP in the State due to Congress’ failure to play a role of formidable opposition,” he said.
Sisodia said there is no question of having “united opposition” in the forthcoming elections as all the “opposition is united with the BJP and they do what the BJP high command wants them to do”.
“We will contest in all 40 seats and will win them with comfortable margin,” the AAP leader said.
“I believe that people of Goa are looking for change…they are looking for a progressive Goa and believe in the Kejriwal Model of Governance,” he added.
Sisodia said in the last few years, people have been choosing only between BJP and Congress in absence of a better alternative.
“The people of Goa did not have an alternative before but today, people view Aam Aadmi Party as a sincere and transparent political party, a party with a vision. The way our party has seen participation of the aam aadmi and the youth, it indicates that our party is a symbol of hope and of confidence,” he said.
Sisodia reiterated that that the AAP wants to take ahead the vision of development by Parrikar. He appealed all the people who are in different political parties and feeling suffocated because of corrupt politics, to join AAP.
He claimed now that everyone is seeing the progressive and honest politics of AAP in Goa. Even people of other parties want to join AAP. “These are the people who want to support honest politics, who want to bring change in Goa and who believe in AAP vision,” he said.
