Team Herald
PANJIM: More than 26,000 Goans pledged to boycott the BJP and Congress in the upcoming elections for engaging in blatant horse-trading, said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Monday.
In a press release, AAP said on Saturday the party had launched its campaign ‘Lets Clean Goa Politics’ to unite Goans to get rid of those who disregarded their votes, both the BJP who stole them and the Congress who sold them. Suffice to say Goans have taken well to this campaign that has struck a resonance with them.
“Many supporters of the Congress have been annoyed that the party has not cared about them when they sold 10 of their MLAs to the BJP. However, there is tremendous anger amongst BJP voters as well who supported their candidates only to be given Congress MLAs,” AAP added.
“Goans expressed their anger to the two traditional parties by heading to AAP’s website LetsCleanGoanPolitics.org and taking a pledge to boycott BJP and Congress along with the turncoat MLAs who hopped parties,” the party said.
This shift is not only visible online but also on the ground. In Curchorem, on Sunday more than 100 Congress workers along with the Mahila Block President Roshan Gaonkar joined AAP and took a pledge to boycott both BJP and Congress in the upcoming elections,” stated AAP.
“Goans chose MLAs not traitors. But in 2019 10/15 Congress MLAs defected from the party to BJP and registered the biggest betrayal in Goa’s political history,” said AAP Goa Vice President Surel Tilve.
“Goans are joining our campaign as they are fed up of these traitors and know that only AAP can save Goa,” added Tilve.
