QMC ex-chief, 5 times undefeated councillor Rahul joins AAP

PANJIM: Former chairperson of Quepem Municipal Council (QMC), five times undefeated councillor and Congress leader Rahul Pereira joined Aam Aadmi Party in the presence of AAP Goa Convenor Rahul Mhambre and AAP Quepem In-Charge Patricia Fernandes, on Saturday.
Pereira and his supporters joined the party after seeing the hard work put in during the COVID-19 pandemic relief and ration distribution to the houses of Quepemkars. The Aam Aadmi Party has been growing all over Goa with leaders and social activists across the State joining the party in large numbers, stated press release issued by the AAP.
Pereira was Quepem’s youngest municipal chairperson (then known as President) in 1986 and was elected five times consecutively. As the chairperson of the Quepem Municipality, he oversaw the building of the Quepem Fish Market amongst other developmental works done in the town.
Pereira’s entry once again highlights how AAP is the only viable alternative for Goans today. It is important to note that Quepem MLA Chandrakant Babu Kavlekar won the seat on a Congress ticket but jumped ship to the BJP out of greed for power. For the residents of Quepem, the BJP has stolen their mandate but the Congress was the one, whose betrayal let their mandate be stolen. Quepem knows only AAP can be trusted to defeat the BJP.
“I have left Congress as I feel I have no place in the party as they ignore the leaders with potential. I am here as only the AAP can defeat the BJP and not the Congress which is just the B team of the BJP,” said Pereira.
“I’m sure Quepemkars and Goenkars will repose their faith in the party as they have seen how only AAP stood by them in their time of need. I am confident that AAP will definitely form the next government in the State as no party can match their politics of work or the Kejriwal Model,” added Pereira.
Speaking to the media persons, AAP’s Quepem Assembly In-Charge Patricia Fernandes said, “The Quepem team is very happy that Rahul has joined us. Very soon AAP will grow much more prominent in Quepem and will be attracting many people from all over Quepem as well as across Goa.”
“AAP Goa has been growing at a phenomenal pace and this is due to the sheer hard work of the party which has left no stone unturned to help Goenkars,” Mhambre said.