The BJP election office for South Goa is being inaugurated by party bigwigs led by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at Margao on Tuesday. Captured by : Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
On a day when the Aam Admi Party (AAP) announced MLA Venzy Viegas as the party candidate for South Goa, the BJP opened its South Goa election office at Margao on Tuesday evening with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant throwing a gauntlet at Congress South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha to give his report card what the MP has done for Goa and the constituency in the last five years.
AAP’s decision to contest the South Goa seat came in handy for the Chief Minister to mount an attack on the INDIA opposition combine, saying the INDIA block no more exists now because no one trust the Congress and Rahul Gandhi in the country.
The Chief Minister further urged the BJP workers to work hard to ensure the Lotus blooms in South Goa with a 60,000 vote margin.
After inaugurating the BJP South Goa election office at Margao on Tuesday evening, the Chief Minister challenged South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha to give a report card on what he has done for Goa. “My open challenge for the Congress MP to show what he has done for South Goa and Goa. Let him give his report card what project he has brought in his constituency. And we will give our report card how the BJP has spent Rs 30,000 crore in infrastructure development in Goa in the last 10 years”, he said.
Saying the people of South Goa are wise and will give the Seat to make Narendra Modi the prime Minister for the third time, the Chief Minister said he is confident that people of Salcete will vote for the BJP in a big way in the coming Lok Sabha polls.
Referring to AAP’s decision to contest the South Goa seat, the Chief Minister said the INDIA opposition alliance no more exists after AAP decided to field MLA Venzy for South Goa, adding “this is happening because no one has trust in the Congress party and Rahul Gandhi”.
Promising the double engine government will complete the remaining projects in South Goa in particular and Goa in general, Sawant said all the talukas in the state have benefited from the projects sanctioned by the Centre in the last 10 years.
The election office opening was attended by Party bigwigs including Party Chief Sadanand Tanavade, Salcete lone Minister Alexio Sequeira, Minister Subhash Faldesai, Union Minister Shripad Naik, MLAs, besides the probable candidates shortlisted by the party, including Digambar Kamat, ex-MP Narendra Sawaikar, Damu Naik and ex-Dy CM Chandrakant Kavlekar.
Given that the party opened its election office for South Goa before finalizing the candidate, both the Chief Minister and the BJP state Chief told the workers that what is important for the party is not the candidate, but that the Lotus that should bloom in the coming election.
