MARGAO
With Lok Sabha polls due in two years, Congress South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha on Monday said the Congress should wake up and kick start the preparations for the 2024 polls.
He also directed his tirade at the Goa Forward Chief Vijai Sardesai, even going to the extent of saying that he would have lost the 2019 Lok Sabha polls had the Fatorda MLA supported him in the election.
“The BJP has started preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Congress should also gear up for the upcoming polls,” he said while declining to comment when asked whether he is satisfied with the performance of the new leadership heading the party.
Referring to the statement made by Vijai Sardesai that the MLA will not support him in the polls, Sardinha said he would have lost the 2019 Lok Sabha polls if Sardesai had supported him. Terming Sardesai as an opportunist, Sardinha recalled how the Fatorda MLA had propped up the BJP government in 2017 and was responsible for the mess in the Town and Country Planning department.
