'We are being seen as an option to Cong, BJP': Elvis Gomes
Margao, Apr 20 (UNI) Aam Adami Party (AAP) Goa Convenor and party's candidate for Lok Sabha election in South Goa constituency Elvis Gomes has claimed that people are fed up with Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party and looking at AAP as a third option.
In an interview to UNI, Mr Gomes said,'Our campaign is progressing very well and we are getting very good response. Only thing in this election is that more people are silent. People are getting pressure from the ruling side. People are afraid. Ministers are changing sides while MLAs are being traded. This is the reason that we have come with AAP. People should come out. People are saying that there was no dictatorship even during Portguese rule which is being seen these days.'
When asked where was the pressure on the people coming from, Mr Gomes said the state being a small one it had become 'Talebanised' and all leaders were having dictatorship over their people.
'The way people should voice their opinion. That is not happening. Democracy means freedom, exercising constitutional rights. That is not happening. People are afraid and therefore we feel that change should occur,' he said.
He alleged that lies of Bharatiya Janata Party had been exposed during the last five years.
'They speak about soldiers but do not say anything about demoentisation which went against them and due to which many people died. GST implementation is there. But they are talking about forming government again,' he said.
Criticising Congress, the AAP leader alleged that if BJP was in power then that was due to Congress only because Congress had been providing them full support.
'Whenever the government is in danger, they arrange another MLA. Both are running government and being benfitted,' he alleged.
When asked how the party's support among people had increased from 2017, when it contested assembly elections for the first time in the state, to 2019, he said party's support base had increased hugely.
'If you see from 2017, this government could not do anything. One year passed due to illness of the Chief Minister. We are talking about youth and children. We are being benefitted due to the 'import-export' of MLAs. People are saying they do not require BJP or Congress. They see AAP as third option. We are getting benefits of work done in our government in Delhi. People are thinking about AAP,' he said.
By Anil Mishra
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