MARGAO: In a lukewarm response to the entry of Margao MLA Digambar Kamat into the BJP, former Minister Manohar ‘Babu’ Ajgaonkar, who had contested against Kamat in the 2022 Assembly elections, said it is up for the people to decide if the Margao MLA is able to achieve the development he has promised to usher in as a BJP MLA.
He recalled that he had come to Margao to try and wrest the seat from Congress, at BJP’s request, when he could have easily won the Pernem seat as an independent candidate.
He had shifted to the BJP from the MGP in March 2019 to help the saffron party form a stable government. “I felt bad for hurting MGP, but I was offered the post of Deputy Chief Minister and so, I had to make the switch, for the recognition of the smaller communities in Goa,” he added.
