MARGAO
The lone Aam Aadmi Party representing Colva Zilla panchayat constituency has asserted that he has voted against the BJP as per the diktat of the party leadership in the election for the post of South Goa Zilla Panchayat Chairperson and vice-Chairperson held on Tuesday.
AAP Benaulim MLA Venzy Viegas has said since the AAP is anti-BJP and anti-communal, the party will never vote for the BJP in any election, be it election for the post of Speaker or South Goa ZP chairperson or vice-Chairperson.
In the election for the post of Speaker, both the AAP MLAs had not voted for the Congress or in their favour, but against the BJP. “The same stand AAP has taken in the election held for the South Goa ZP Chairperson and vice-Chairperson. Our Colva ZP member has voted against the BJP”, he asserted.
AAP Colva ZP member Antonio Fernandes popularly known as Mam in sports circles, said he has voted against the BJP in Tuesday’s election as per the directions of the party leadership. “The AAP leadership had sent me a message to vote for the opposition candidate to keep the BJP out. Accordingly, I have voted against the BJP,” he said.
Antonio further said that neither the Congress leadership nor the Congress candidate contesting the post of South Goa ZP Chairperson approached him or called over the phone seeking his support. "Even then, I have voted against the BJP”, he added.
Meanwhile, AAP Benaulim MLA Venzy Viegas has said that people with zero credibility are questioning AAP. “We didn’t defect to BJP, AAP is the most credible anti-BJP party. Those with no credibility are calling us B-Team, Goa knows who took money to defect. When speaker elections happened we supported Altone, we are not in favour of Congress but we voted against the BJP.
"These allegations of B team is old politics, those saying that we cross voted in ZP chairperson voting have no credibility. Whenever there is opportunity to defeat BJP, we will work to defeat the BJP”, Venzy added.
