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Speaking informally to editors of media organisations in the State on Thursday, he said, a more comprehensive policy on the issue would emerge only after completion of Goa Dialogues, an elaborate process at the constituency-level to elicit issues faced by the people.
Kejriwal was on a two-day visit to Goa where he met up with members of the fishing community in Vasco, youth in Ponda and small hotel owners in Calangute. AAP leaders informed that at none of these meeting was the MoI issue raised. “No one talked about it,” said Ashutosh, spokesperson of the party. “MoI was not as large a problem as quality of education, which is not being discussed.”
In 2017, four States, including Goa will go to the polls to elect a new Assembly and AAP is likely to be a big player in Punjab and Goa. The question that
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emerged at the meeting, held at the International Centre Goa was, why did AAP choose Goa?
Kejriwal said, “We did not select Goa, but Goa is ready for a new form of governance.”
Referring to the Delhi experiment where AAP won 67 of the 70 seats, Kejriwal explained that people in the capital were angry with the Congress and BJP. “This situation exists in many states in the country including Goa. People here are angry with the BJP,” he said.
“People thought Manohar Parrikar would provide good governance, but they have realised the BJP is as corrupt as the Congress. BJP has cheated the people,” he said.
He explained that AAP did not win 67 seats in Delhi only because the people were angry and disheartened with
other parties.
AAP’s GOA CASE
# Situation in Goa similar to that of Delhi where people were angry with BJP and Congress
# People thought Parrikar would provide good governance, realised BJP is as corrupt as Congress
# BJP has cheated people on several issues
# AAP promises corruption-free rule
# Surge in seats in second election in Delhi after a long spell of President’s Rule is a
classic example
