Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Sunday said the TMC and AAP are “sabotaging” non-BJP votes in Goa and asserted that only his party has the ability to defeat the BJP. Chidambaram, who is Congress’s senior election observer for the Goa Assembly elections, also said that loyalty to the party and voters is the first criterion for selecting candidates for the polls and expressed confidence that if elected, they would be loyal to both the party and the electorate. Will be faithful
His remarks come days after the party’s state working president, Alekso Reginaldo Lourenco, resigned as a member of the Legislative Assembly, reducing the party’s strength to two in the 40-member house. Lourenco has joined TMC. Earlier this month, former Goa Chief Minister Ravi Naik resigned as Congress MLA. A few months back, former CM Luizinho Faleiro had also quit the Congress and joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC).
In an interview with PTI, Chidambaram said the only party that has deep roots in all 40 constituencies of Goa is the Congress and people know that only Congress has the ability to defeat the BJP, despite its “money power and abuse of state power”.
Asked about the recent resignations from the Congress, including Lorenco joining the Trinamool Congress and the Mamata Banerjee-led outfit taking an aggressive stand in the state, Chidambaram said it was for him to comment on one’s intention or strategy. is not for. party, and insisted that only two Congress MLAs have joined the TMC.
“Ninety-nine percent of Congress workers are with the Congress. I am not sad that Mr. Reginaldo Lourenco has joined TMC. TMC has taken a lost candidate from our hands and if it puts him up in the polls, he will continue to be a loser.”
Chidambaram said Congress workers and voters of Curtorim constituency are determined to defeat Lourenço. Asked whether he believes that TMC is helping BJP and Mamata Banerjee’s party with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is working as the B-team of BJP, Chidambaram said, ” I do not comment on the objectives of any party. In 2022, Congress will emerge as a clear winner in a direct fight between BJP and Congress.
“TMC and you are sabotaging the non-BJP vote. Will this benefit BJP, I cannot say.
Asked whether the Congress would announce the chief minister’s post before the elections, Chidambaram said that he has said that after the announcement of all the Congress candidates, in consultation with him, “we will consider whether to announce the CM candidate.” is desirable. before the election. That option is open, he said. Talking about the preparations for the elections and the condition of the Congress in Goa, he said that the fall of the Congress happened in 2017 and 2019 when its elected MLAs joined the BJP. BJP government Chidambaram alleged that Goa has a “government of defectors, defectors and defectors”.
“There is a tremendous desire for change. Congress is the only party with deep roots in all 40 constituencies of Goa. People know that despite the BJP’s misuse of money power and state power, Congress has the capacity to defeat the BJP. Hoping to do well in the elections.”
When asked about the possibility of exodus of elected leaders of the party after the elections, he said, “Nothing like this will happen.” We have placed the responsibility of suggesting names of potential candidates on the block Congress committees and block workers. We have asked them to recommend names on the basis of loyalty, integrity, acceptability towards Congress workers and victory among voters.”
Chidambaram said loyalty to the party and voters is the first criterion. “We will select a candidate from among the names suggested by the Block Congress Committee of the constituency. We are confident that our candidates will remain loyal to the party and voters if they are elected.”
On the possibility of an alliance, Chidambaram said, “I have found that, in Goa, there is a practice among political parties to talk to each other till the elections and even after the elections!”
“Our Goa PCC leaders have responded to suggestions for talks by other parties, including the Goa Forward Party. There are opportunities, risks and obstacles. The AICC leadership will take the final decision.”
The Congress last week released the first list of eight candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Goa, fielding former chief minister Digambar Kamat from the Margao constituency. The Congress this week has fielded 82-year-old Pratapsinh Rane as the party’s candidate from Goa’s Porim assembly seat. In the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly elections, the Congress had won 17 seats in the House and emerged as the single largest party. But, the BJP, which secured 13 seats, forged an alliance with some regional parties and independent candidates to form the government in the state.
Lourenco’s resignation as a member of the Legislative Assembly on Monday reduced the party’s strength in the 40-member House to two after a series of resignations by party legislators over the years. AAP had contested the last assembly election, but could not win a single seat. TMC has entered the electoral fray in Goa and forged an alliance with the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.
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