Goa Forward Party on Tuesday joined hands with the Congress to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party to end its “utterly corrupt, incompetent an...
Goa Forward Party on Tuesday joined hands with the Congress to fight the Bharatiya Janata Party to end its “utterly corrupt, incompetent and undemocratic reign” ahead of the state Assembly elections, said party chief Vijai Sardesai.
The elections to the 40-seat Assembly is scheduled to take place next year. The Congress is seeking support of smaller parties in the state to fight the BJP, according to PTI.
The announcement came after Sardesai met Congress leader and its former chief Rahul Gandhi.
Met Shri @RahulGandhi along with my colleagues @prasadgaonkr13 and @vinod_palyekar. We agreed to fight resolutely, wholeheartedly and unitedly on behalf of the people of #Goa to end the utterly corrupt, incompetent and undemocratic reign of @BJP4Goa #ChalYaFuddem! pic.twitter.com/E1hZ1QYjic
— Vijai Sardesai (@VijaiSardesai) November 30, 2021
The Goa Forward Party was a constituent of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance but had walked out of the coalition in April. Sardesai had accused the saffron party of introducing “anti-Goan policies” in the state.
The party was part of BJP leader and former Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s government between March 2017 and July 2019. After Parrikar’s death in 2019, three Goa Forward Party ministers were dropped from the Pramod Sawant-led BJP government. The party then withdrew its support from the BJP government.
Sardesai’s party had announced the decision to quit NDA after it had formed an...
