PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Friday said that many more are set to join BJP in Goa and several political changes can be expected in the next six months ahead of the assembly polls 2022.
Sawant said that BJP is confident of winning the Porvorim seat next year.
“This is only the start ahead of the 2022 state assembly polls.
BJP will yet again be elected with a majority in the state.
In Porvorim constituency, the lotus will bloom 100%,” said Sawant.
After five panch members of Salvador do Mundo panchayat from Porvorim constituency joined BJP on Friday along with their supporters, both the CM and BJP Goa president Sadanand Shet Tanavade took potshots at Porvorim independent legislator Rohan Khaunte.
“It is only the start of the change coming in the Porvorim constituency.
Many have been complaining in hushed voices about the injustice done to them in Porvorim area.
Now they will be emboldened to speak out freely about it.
All the injustice will come out in the open now.
Our government works for the common people, without any caste or class discrimination, which is evident from the fact that Antonio Fernandes from Salvador do Mundo joined us today,” said Sawant.
Tanavade, speaking of Khaunte without naming him, said his dreams of becoming a minister again will never be fulfilled.
After the last assembly elections, when BJP had only 13 MLAs, the Porvorim MLa was one of the three independent MLAs who supported BJP to form a coalition-led by Manohar Parrikar.
He was minister for revenue and IT in the BJP-led coalition government under Manohar Parrikar (March 2017-March 2019) and later under Pramod Sawant till he was dropped from the cabinet in July 2019.
“Some MLAs are dreaming of becoming ministers again.
But the chief minister thought it best to remove them seeing their autocratic style of functioning.
We are seeing how they are now creating an atmosphere of fear in the panchayats.
Today these panchayats have been freed from this terror,” said Tanavade.