Special Correspondent

Panaji: President of Goa Pradesh Congress Committee Amit Patkar on Sunday expressed confidence that people of the nation will show the door to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the Lok Sabha election scheduled in 2024 as the BJP leaders have got exposed in their acts of dividing people over religion and other issues.

Patkar was speaking to the pressmen after the launch of the Goa edition of ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’, which commenced from Ribandar Circle and culminated at Azad Maidan, commemorating the Goa Revolution Day.

South Goa Member of Parliament Francisco Sardinha, Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao, Aldona MLA Carlos Alvares Ferreira, MLA Altone D’Costa, Girish Chodankar, Amarnath Panajikar, Congress Mahila unit chief, Beena Naik, Joel Andrade, Vijay Bhike, Janardhan Bhandari and others were present.

Speaking further, Patkar said that the “Bhrasht Jumla Party” is trying to divide the nation on the issue of religion and others.

“We need to stop this and unite; our leader Rahul Gandhi raised these issues during his Yatra and tried to unite people,” he added.

Girish Chodankar said that Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra was held with the intention to unite the nation as ruling BJP is dividing people over religion and caste.

“There is frustration among youth as the unemployment rate is high in the state and hence many have joined us and I am confident that this force will further expose the deeds of the BJP,” he noted.

Sardinha said that many youth participated in the yatra.

Richi Bhargava, the national secretary of the Indian Youth Congress and state in-charge of Goa Pradesh Youth Congress, said that people have realised that the real issues related to their lives will be sorted out only through unity and not through hatred or division.