MAPUSA
Trying to clear his stand on some Congress MLAs jumping ship, Aldona MLA Carlos Ferreira said that he would never ditch his people and join the BJP come what may.
Ferreira also said that the news of some Congress legislators joining the BJP was circulating from day one and probably someone was deliberately doing this as part of a strategy.
“If I have to sacrifice by being the sole Congressman in the opposition, so be it. But I don’t want to betray the trust of the people which they have reposed in me nor the aspirations of the large number of Goans who espoused for me,” Ferreira said.
The Aldona MLA said people were not fools and nobody can take the electorate for granted.
“My election was a different kind of election. I have not joined politics to make money. The candidates who contested against me poured so much money, yet lost. I can’t behave like an ordinary politician,” he said.
He also said that as of now, he wasn’t sure he would contest the next elections.
“But I will not ditch the people,” Ferreira reiterated.
