Staff Reporter
Mapusa
Hitting out at the principal Opposition party in the state, the ruling party on Tuesday challenged the Congress to walk the talk on women’s empowerment by fielding at least one woman candidate in any of the two Lok Sabha constituencies.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Giriraj Pai Vernekar said the party had cleared its sitting MP’s candidature in the first round itself while the Congress is yet to announce ticket for its sitting MP in South Goa.
“Does this mean that the Congress considers its MP to be a failure,” he said.
Addressing mediapersons at the North Goa district office, Vernekar the BJP is contesting the elections on two platforms –‘Modi Ki Guarantee’ and the ‘Double Engine Ki Sarkar’ and we will win 400-plus seats this time in the country.
On the arrest of Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Vernekar said the Congress itself had exposed the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) liquor scam in Delhi and filed a complaint in the matter, while now both the AAP and the Congress are targeting the BJP over the arrest and accusing the Enforcement Directorate of being an extension of the ruling party.
“The ED had issued nine summons to Delhi Chief Minister before arresting him in the liquor scam. The Congress party, which first complained about the scam, is now opposing Kejriwal’s arrest by the ED purely political convenience,” he said.
He also took a dig at the Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao. He said Alemao, who has traveled from various parties into Congress, has no right to talk about loyalty.
Vice-president of the party and former MLA Glenn Ticlo also came down heavily on Congress. He said the Congress party is completely rattled and confused as it unable to find suitable candidates in Goa.
Taking potshots at AAP president Amit Palekar over Bahujan samaj claims, North Goa general secretary of BJP Rajsingh Rane said that “the BJP nominated a Bahujan samaj leader for Lok Sabha election for five terms. At the national level, Prime Minister Narendra Modi comes from OBC category and there are no less than 27 ministers from the same category.”