Amit Palekar will join the Indian National Congress on April 10.
PANAJI
Four months after stepping down from the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), its former Goa unit chief Amit Palekar is set to join the Indian National Congress on Friday, April 10.
A senior Congress leader confirmed that Palekar will formally join the party in the presence of AICC Goa desk in-charge Manikrao Thakare. He is also expected to emerge as the Congress’s key face from the St Cruz constituency for the 2027 Assembly elections.
Palekar, however, remained unavailable for the comments.
A lawyer-turned-politician, Palekar was appointed president of AAP’s Goa unit in May 2022. However, he was relieved of his post following the party’s poor showing in the Zilla Panchayat elections held in December last year. He subsequently resigned from the party in January, along with then acting Goa AAP president Shrikrishna Parab.
In his resignation letter addressed to AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and Goa state in-charge Atishi, Palekar said his decision was taken “not in anger or haste” but out of self-respect for his supporters and the St Cruz constituency.
“I did not enter public life in pursuit of posts or positions. I joined the party believing in its promise of an alternative political culture, one anchored in transparency, internal democracy and respect for grassroots voices. Over time, however, it became increasingly difficult to reconcile these ideals with the way decisions are presently taken and communicated,” he had stated.
