MARGAO
The Trinamool Congress juggernaut rolled into Navelim village on Monday as party stalwarts, MP Luizinho Faleiro and MLA Churchill Alemao with candidate Valanka Alemao in tow made a fervent plea to Navelkars not to split vote but rally behind the TMC to stop the BJP from returning to power.
The Luizinho-Churchill duo along with Navelim three-time Zilla Panchayat member Cipru Cardozo, Navelim Sarpanch Bevinda Gonsalves, went on a door-to-door campaign to drum up support for Valanka’s candidature.
Faleiro sought to assure Navelkars that a vote for TMC is not only a vote for Valanka, but for him too, reassuring the people that he will continue his work in the constituency in the future too. “I am born in Navelim and my office will always remain open. Vote for the TMC is a vote for Valanka and Luizinho,” he said.
Faleiro cautioned the people not to split the vote, saying that only the TMC can stop the BJP from returning to power. “The TMC has united all sections of the society in all the villages of the constituency in support of Valanka with the objective of defeating the BJP. A vote for the other smaller parties will only mean it is a vote for the BJP,” he cautioned.
TMC MLA Churchill Alemao said that the TMC has gone about uniting the people of Navelim to ensure the defeat of the BJP at the hustings. “The people of Navelim are all united behind TMC and Valanka in order to defeat the BJP”, Churchill said, while making an impassioned plea to the people not to waste their vote.
Navelim ZP Member Cipru Cardozo also made a similar plea to Navelkars, saying the time has come to remain united with the TMC and defeat the BJP.
Sarpanch Bevinda Gonsalves said that the work carried out by ex-MLA Luizinho Faleiro and by former MLA Churchill Alemao in Navelim constituency will keep Valanka in good stead in the ensuing polls.
In her address, Valanka said she is indeed blessed to have stalwarts such as Luizinho Faleiro and Churchill Alemao behind her. She said everyone has come to support her with the sole motive of stopping the BJP from returning to power.
