MARGAO
The BJP has made yet another foray into the Fatorda Assembly segment represented by Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai as party candidate Pallavi Dempo hopped from one ward to another for corner meetings with party rank and file on Tuesday.
As if working to a strategy the BJP leadership led by Margao MLA Digambar Kamat has entered into Fatorda after completing round of corner meetings in neighbouring Margao. As many as five corner meetings were addressed by Pallavi Dempo along with Digambar Kamat, Damu Naik and ex-Dy CM Manohar Ajgaonkar who hails from Pajifond, a part of Fatorda constituency.
The BJP’s game plan appears simple to try and make inroads into Fatorda and ensure the Lotus bloom in the segment with a lead over the Congress. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, then Congress candidate MP Francisco Sardinha had secured a slender lead over the BJP in Fatorda.
Two-time former MLA, Damu Naik, who has been actively campaigning in Fatorda with the help and assistance of Digambar Kamat, told the media that around five corner meetings were organized in Fatorda in support of Pallavi Dempo. “We have received tremendous response from the people of Fatorda for the BJP candidate”, he said.
Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai, who has extended supported to the Congress candidate Viriato Fernandes, is expected to accompany Viriato to the office of the Returning Officer along with other Alliance leaders on Wednesday.
Last week, the Congress leaders had an interaction with the party workers at a hotel and its still unclear whether the Congress or the Goa Forward Party or the INDIA Alliance will organize corner meetings across Fatorda before a public meeting.
