Margao: AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday told party workers to work hard to throw out the “BJP-Congress joint venture”.AAP is the only credible alternative to the alliance, he told a meet in Cumbharjua. At the meet, party workers took a pledge to rid Goa of the BJP-Congress “joint venture”. They alleged that in the name of change and development, BJP had given them corruption, Congress defectors and betrayal.Later, at an organisational meeting in Panaji, Kejriwal told party functionaries to reach out to people at the booth level. He said Goans were frustrated with both parties and that “a vote for Congress is a vote for BJP”. Goa, he said, had seen govts under both parties and people had got nothing but betrayal.AAP Goa president Valmiki Naik said that while BJP claimed North Goa as its stronghold, it took voters for granted by inducting Congress defectors who never served people.AAP organisational secretary Prashant Naik claimed BJP’s vote base had visible cracks, with voters upset over high electricity bills, low water supply, non-existent bus services, lack of jobs and deteriorating law and order. He said nobody in North Goa took Congress as a serious alternative as any victorious Congress MLA was expected to defect immediately to BJP.He also described the “pocket-first” BJP-Congress combine as having looted Goa for the last 10 years.
