PANAJI
The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar on Saturday expressed confidence that Congress will have its flags on both South and North Goa Zilla Panchayat bodies after the counting on Monday. He said that the voters are frustrated with the functioning of the BJP government.
“BJP used government machinery for campaigning and all its illegally gained power to garner votes. Despite the Model Code of Conduct in force, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant along with his cabinet ministers campaigned openly for their candidates by holding meetings. On the other hand, our party was not allowed even to go for door to door campaigns and hold indoor meetings,” Chodankar said.
Chodankar stated that he visited North and South Goa ZP constituencies and met several Congress candidates and party leaders. “Based on their feedback, we are hopeful of getting a victory in the majority of the constituencies,” the GPCC president said.
He further alleged that while the people’s wrath against this government was clearly visible on the voting day as many people boycotted the elections, it also proved that the Election Commission and this government failed to make awareness among people to exercise their voting right.
