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Hours aft the AAP faced a decision successful the nationalist capital, Palekar said the enactment needs to “unlearn” immoderate things and shed a “know-it-all” attitude. (Photo: Facebook/ Amit Palekar4Goa)
Stressing that an confederation betwixt the Aam Aadmi Party and the Congress is “the lone mode forward” successful Goa, the state’s AAP main Amit Palekar Saturday told The Indian Express that a tie-up with the expansive aged enactment whitethorn person helped to “some extent” successful the Delhi assembly predetermination arsenic well.
Hours aft the AAP faced a decision successful the nationalist capital, Palekar said the enactment needs to “unlearn” immoderate things and shed a “know-it-all” attitude. “Considering the borderline of nonaccomplishment successful immoderate constituencies has been low, if the 2 parties fought together, it would person helped. It besides has to bash with cognition among people… There was anti-incumbency and different factors arsenic well. We underestimated immoderate things. This effect was unexpected,” helium said.
AAP’s dismal show successful Delhi elections comes arsenic a jolt to the enactment successful Goa, arsenic it tries to forge an confederation with the Congress up of the assembly elections successful the coastal authorities 2027. In its archetypal foray successful Goa, AAP had drawn a blank successful the 2017 assembly elections. The enactment made inroads successful Goa erstwhile it won the Benaulim zila panchayat spot successful 2020. The 2022 authorities assembly polls saw the AAP expanding its footprint and winning 2 seats, Velim and Benaulim, some successful South Goa.
Palekar said the cardinal enactment of some parties indispensable realise that the BJP wins by splitting the votes. “In Delhi polls, it seems the Congress played for BJP’s team… successful a direct, indirect oregon immoderate manner. The Congress thinks we are their biggest force portion overlooking that the BJP is the biggest force of each of us. But we are looking astatine the 2027 elections (in Goa) differently. We are connected bully presumption with their section leaders.”
Dismissing immoderate proposition of the Delhi elections having “ripples” successful Goa, Palekar said, “Goa is different… the radical present ballot differently. An confederation with the Congress is the lone mode up successful Goa. There should beryllium nary uncertainty successful anyone’s mind, including the cardinal enactment of some parties. We indispensable look reality, not perceptions.”
Palekar said the allegations of corruption against AAP successful transportation with the Delhi excise argumentation did not interaction its show successful Delhi polls.
“The Supreme Court has categorically said determination is nary prima facie grounds oregon immoderate link. These are conscionable allegations. In Goa, ministers from the BJP are facing superior allegations of corruption. People spot done each this,” helium said.
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In the Lok Sabha polls past year, lone the Congress fielded its candidates successful some seats (North Goa and South Goa), and the AAP threw its value down them arsenic portion of the INDIA alliance. The Congress bagged the South Goa seat, but mislaid North Goa to the BJP. Three weeks aft the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the INDIA confederation won a zilla panchayat bypoll, with the AAP campaigner clinching the Benaulim zilla panchayat spot and signalling a agleam imaginable for the INDIA confederation successful the state.
Goa main curate Pramod Sawant meantime said the radical of Delhi person rejected the “mismanagement, scam-laden exemplary of AAP. “I congratulate each the candidates who won, who fought the elections and the dedicated BJP karyakartas who reached each country of Delhi with the connection of BJP. I americium definite the treble motor sarkar volition present connected its promises and thrust Delhi’s development,” Sawant said.
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