Soon after the AAP announced its' candidate for party MLA as the opposition alliance's candidate from the South Goa Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said that the people have lost faith in the INDIA bloc, adding that the alliance has collapsed in Goa.
Talking to reporters in South Goa, the chief minister said, "The INDIA alliance has collapsed in Goa. The AAP has already announced its candidate for the South Goa seat. People don't have confidence in Rahul Gandhi or the Congress."
Earlier today, the Aam Aadmi Party state unit president Amit Palekar announced Venzy Viegas, a legislator from the Benaulim constituency, as the nominee of the INDIA bloc and appealed to other parties in the Opposition to support him.
"The last meeting of the INDIA alliance was held 30 days back, but after that Congress leaders became busy. That is why the AAP decided to field the party leader as its South Goa candidate," AAP's state unit president Amit Palekar told the media personnel.
Notably, South Goa, one of the two Lok Sabha seats in the coastal state, is currently represented by Congress MP Francisco Sardinha.
People have confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, which will win majority seats in the upcoming elections, the chief minister further added.
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