The Aam Aadmi Party met a massive 5,000 Goans over 80 meetings in a single evening on Sunday.
Spanning the entire state with meetings from Canacona in the South right up to Pernem in the North, the 200 speakers spoke to Goans on Sunday evening about AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal's job guarantee. 90% of all attendees registered their support for the job guarantee and pledged to vote for AAP in the upcoming assembly elections, stated AAP in a press release.
AAP in its release further states that it was clear by the huge turnout that residents are angry with the BJP leadership for not providing them with jobs or support for losing their employment. As Goans flocked to the meetings they shared with party leaders how they had been cheated of jobs. Many spoke on how jobs were promised to them before every small or large election but disappeared once BJP leaders got elected.
In the mining belt of Maem, Bicholim and Pramod Sawant's own Sanquelim, residents were angry that the government had taken no steps to restart mining nor had they taken any steps to support mining dependents. In the tourism belts of Benaulim and Calangute, residents shared how the drop in tourism due to the pandemic has caused many to lose jobs and businesses that used to sustain them, the release added.
"We have hit the ground with a force of leaders who are taking Arvind Kejriwal's job guarantee to the ground! Each leader has been trained in the nuances of the promise and how Arvind Kejriwal has solved the problem in Delhi. In the morning before these meetings, all our speakers had a training session led by me on the various details and problems faced by Goans in getting jobs," said AAP Goa convenor Rahul Mhambre.
