MAPUSA
With assembly elections just five months away, former Member of Parliament from Haryana and former Congressman Ashok Tanwar has launched a forum, Apna Bharat Morcha (ABM) in the State ostensibly to offer a platform for “good” candidates and an alternative to Congress and BJP in the forthcoming elections.
Launching the outfit in Goa, he said the ABM was not a political party but a forum that will support good candidates in the elections as an alternative to the Congress and BJP.
“The ABM is a political forum but we are not in electoral politics. Our agenda is to save the country from nepotism and corporate raj. We need to give an alternative to people other than the Congress and BJP,” Tanwar said.
The former Congress MP was addressing a news conference along with his close aides in a hotel in Calangute.
Tanwar said the ABM has already been launched in five states --Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi and Haryana -- and Goa was the sixth state.
He said he has had talks with a lot of people in Goa and will work to offer a strong and credible platform to deserving people in the elections.
“While speaking with Goans, we have realised that there is a lot of restlessness among the leaders. We will not contest the election but will support people who are good and have a clean record. We need people who will bring a change and introduce new vigour in the depressing political spectrum in the State and the country,” he said.
He said now that they have launched the ABM in Goa, he along with his team will visit the State frequently and interact with the people.
