Panaji: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday announced lawyer-turned-politician Amit Palekar as the party’s chief ministerial face for next month’s Goa Assembly elections. Did. Palekar (46) recently joined AAP and is the party’s candidate from St. Cruz assembly constituency. At present this seat is with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
After announcing the CM candidate, Palekar said, “I am guaranteeing you a corruption-free Goa.” We will get back the lost glory of Goa, a Goa that everyone had dreamed of. I will keep what I have said and that is my guarantee.
I’m guaranteeing you a corruption-free Goa. We will get back Goa’s lost glory, a Goa everyone dreamt of. I will keep every word that I have said and that is my guarantee: Amit Palekar, AAP CM candidate for Goa Assembly election, 2022 pic.twitter.com/jZsC6FvBjH
– ANI (@ANI) January 19, 2022
AAP’s national convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced his name in Panaji. “Goa wants change and AAP is getting a good response in the coastal state,” Kejriwal said. People are influenced by the governance model of Delhi.”
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Kejriwal said that this time the party has given tickets to new faces across the state. Palekar is a new face for Goa. “Palekar is ready to lay down his life for Goa,” he said.
AAP had announced that it would bring in someone from the Bhandari community as its chief ministerial face in Goa. Palekar belongs to the Bhandari community. Kejriwal denied that AAP was doing caste politics in Goa by making a member of the Bhandari community the chief ministerial face. On the contrary, we are correcting the caste politics practiced by other political parties, he said.
(with speech inputs)