Team Herald
Panjim: Congress has appealed to its North Goa blocks to ensure that the “corrupt and anti-people” regime of the BJP is pulled down completely during the upcoming 2022 State Assembly elections.
On Friday, GPCC President Girish Chodankar and Opposition Leader Digambar Kamat chaired meeting of the first batch of block Presidents of the North Goa District Congress Committee. The block presidents and convenors from Mandrem, Panjim, Sankhali, Valpoi, Bicholim, Mayem, Saligao, Mapuca, Cumbarjua, Thivim, and Poriem attended the meeting and took part in discussions.
In a statement issued post the meeting, Chodankar said that the people of Goa had sent a clear signal to the BJP Government about its descent from power in the last Lok sabha elections by increasing the vote share of the Congress party by 6.32%.
“Congress party cadre needs to live up to the expectations of the people to ensure that the corrupt and anti-people regime of BJP is pulled down completely in 2022,” he said.
Chodankar urged block leaders to alert people about BJP’s game plan to divide anti-BJP votes by launching various political outfits.
“BJP grabbed power in 2017 assembly elections from the backdoor using unethical tactics against the wish of the people. But, the people of Goa expressed their displeasure by bringing down the share of the BJP to 2.22%,” he maintained.
Kamat said Congress party is playing the role of responsible and constructive opposition based on facts and figures. “We are pointing to the wrong doings of the government in the assembly as well as on public forums. People of Goa are intelligent to understand the truth and they don’t get carried away with the false rhetoric of the ruling party,” he said.
The former CM appealed to all the block presidents to work with utmost honesty and follow the discipline of the party.
During the meeting, the block presidents were apprised of the membership drive as well as various programmes and activities to be undertaken in the coming months. Reconstitutions of Booth committees and Social Media team at Block level were also discussed.
