Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal announced on Saturday that his party will not form an alliance with the Congress in Goa. He accused the Congress of betraying the people of the state. Addressing a press conference, the AAP leader alleged that the Congress has been selling its MLAs to the BJP in bulk.
Kejriwal stated that there would be no alliance with the Congress under any circumstances. He said that the Congress has betrayed the people of Goa the most. Between 2017 and 2019, 13 Congress MLAs joined the BJP, and in 2022, 10 more Congress MLAs joined the BJP. He questioned whether the Congress could assure that no Congress MLAs would join the BJP after winning the elections.
Kejriwal accused the Congress of selling its MLAs to the BJP in bulk. Targeting both the Congress and the BJP, the AAP chief described the Congress-BJP politics as ‘rotten’ and stated that his party would neither support nor assist the BJP in forming a government in Goa.
He emphasized the need for a new system where the people of Goa have control over their resources and can decide their own fate. Kejriwal asserted that they cannot help the BJP form a government in Goa and that there would be no alliance with the Congress. He called the Congress-BJP a system of rotten politics, advocating for a new system where the people of Goa determine the use of their resources.
Arvind Kejriwal is on a three-day visit to Goa, which began on October 3rd. Atishi, AAP’s Goa in-charge and former Delhi Chief Minister, was also present with him. Earlier on Friday, Kejriwal said that the state is suffocating in 13 years of corruption and goondaism by the BJP-Congress alliance government.
During these 13 years, Goa has witnessed large-scale illegal construction, illegal mining, rampant corruption, violence, state-sponsored goondaism, deteriorating law and order, high crime rates, pothole-ridden roads, crimes against women, constant power cuts, large-scale unemployment, a steep decline in tourism, and an assault on Goan culture. The next Goa Assembly elections are expected to be held in February 2027.
