THE GOAN NETWORK
CANACONA
Canacona BJP mandal got into election mode with a bike rally through the streets of Canacona on Saturday evening.
State BJP president and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar flagged off the rally in the presence of Canacona ex-MLA Vijay Poi Khot, Poinguinim ZP Pushpa Aiya, Canacona mandal president Mahesh Naik and others at KTC bus stand at Chaudi-Canacona.
Ex-minister Ramesh Tawadkar, who was recently re-inducted into the party-fold was however conspicuous by his absence.
The rally, led by youth leaders “ BJYM president Sanju Pagi, Pankaj Naikgaunkar, Suraj Naikgaunkar first headed towards Shri Mallikarjun Temple in Shristhal, and taking the busy NH-66 briefly headed towards Poinguinim, before going towards Galgibaga, Talpona, Rajbag, Patnem, Colomb to Char-Rasta and back to KTC bus stand, Chaudi.
Except for Vinay Tendulkar and Vijay Poi Khot, all others who took part in the rally wore helmets and carried a BJP flag on their two-wheelers.
Addressing the gathering after the culmination of the rally outside the KTC bus stand, the leaders asked the cadre, mostly booth representatives to be in constant touch with the electorate highlighting state government as well as central government achievements, and to reach out to people who are customarily not BJP supporters to bring them into the party-fold for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
"We need to bring back Narendra Modi as Prime Minister so as to give him enough opportunity to take our country marching ahead on all fronts," Tendulkar told the workers.
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