PANJIM: AAP vice president Valmiki Naik on Saturday said the BJP’s victory in Chandigarh mayor election indicates the Congress is the B team of the saffron party and called upon the Goans to be wary of such tricksters.
Naik was referring to a former Congress councillor joining the BJP in Chandigarh. In a press release, Naik said, “Whenever the people vote for the Congress, the party sells its candidates to the BJP. Chandigarh is the latest example of this. AAP is in the majority, but the Congress sold its candidate to sabotage the Mayor’s elections”.
He said, “The BJP eked out a victory in the mayoral contest despite the fact that the AAP had won 14 seats. Harpreet Kaur Babla, who had been with the Congress, joined the BJP after the verdict was announced. Furthermore, Congress had already opted out of the election by not fielding a candidate, and all seven councillors abstained from voting, ensuring BJP’s victory”.
“We have seen such defection in the State during the past elections. Over the past five years, Congress has especially been stung by defections in the State. In 2017, it emerged as the single largest party with 17 MLAs in the 40-member House. Now it’s down to 2. In a mega defection in July 2019, 10 MLAs quit the Congress and merged their breakaway faction with the ruling BJP. It is now clear to the Goans that voting for the Congress means supporting the BJP”, he said.
