MAPUSA
BJP is a people’s party and everybody is welcome to join it. But how to go forward from there is the question mark, said Power Minister Nilesh Cabral, suggesting that everything may not be hunky-dory within the party.
Cabral on Wednesday also said the BJP in the State has grown by leaps and bounds over the years and people were getting attracted to the party due to its performance.
“BJP is a party of every individual. If people want to join BJP then how can we stop them? It’s the party’s decision. They are all joining. I don’t know who is joining more. Everybody is welcome to join BJP, that’s not a problem. But how to go forward from there is the question mark,” Cabral said.
The power minister was responding to a query on MLAs quitting their membership and embracing BJP, some of whom opposed the party tooth and nail within and outside the Assembly not long ago.
Cabral said there was no reason for karyakartas to get hurt as the party was growing from strength to strength with new members joining the party.
“When BJP started in Goa, it had only three karyakartas. Now there are in lakhs. We want all 15 lakh population in Goa to be in the BJP. If people can connect with our ideology, then why should karyakartas get hurt?” he reasoned.
He also said that any differences amongst the karyakartas should be sorted out within the four walls of the party.
“All we need to do is to find a way out to reassure all those who have been hurt due to the entry of new people,” he opined.
BJP was hit by a wave of dissensions first after former Goa Forward MLA Jayesh Salgaonkar from Saligao joined the party, with original BJP leaders vowing to teach the party a lesson and field their candidate in the forthcoming elections.
Local BJP leaders in Priol and Porvorim also came out strongly against the party’s decision to give Govind Gaude and Rohan Khaunte entry into the party.
