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People have trust in double-engine govt: Goa CM
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SME Times News Bureau | 11 Jan, 2022
Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has told IANS that people have trust in
double-engine government and it will be a tough fight in the ensuing
elections. Goa will vote on February 14.
here are the excerpts from the interview:
Q. Do you think your government will come back to power?
A.
Yes, I am not saying this, but the entire people of Goa are saying
this. There was never so much development in Goa, as it has happened in
the BJP government, so everyone wants a BJP government.
Q. Is the competition tough?
A.
Yes, the competition is tough. Yet we are confident that we will form
the government. We are taking our achievements of 10 years to the
public. On the basis of that, once again the BJP government will be
formed in the state.
Q. The opposition has many issues for
elections, like inflation, unemployment, issues related to development
of Goa, what issues do you have on which you are contesting in Goa?
A.
The development in Goa is a role model for other states. We are going
to the people on infrastructure development and human index development,
we are telling them to look at the infrastructure of Goa before 2012,
and what is now. Look at the human index development before 2012, and
see now. We are taking forward the concept of self-reliant India program
started by PM Modi during Covid and telling people that Goa can become
self-reliant too. In the 68th Year of Liberation of Goa, we reached out
to people, and have shown them what development is all about.
Q. Who is the biggest challenger -- AAP, Trinamool Congress, or the Congress?
A.
I think Aam Aadmi Party has been working here for the last 5 years. And
the candidates who will contest the polls have reached out to people in
rural areas also.
Q. Don't you consider Trinamool as a challenger?
A. I think their fight is with the Congress.
Q.
As soon as you enter Goa, posters of Arvind Kejriwal, Mamata Banerjee
are visible everywhere. Is BJP lagging behind in this poster war?
A.
They are only in the posters, we are working on the ground. We work
among people, so we do not consider it appropriate to be in posters,
because we live among people, in their mind, in their heart.
Q. Are you ready for the digital campaign that the Election Commission has asked this time?
A.
Yes absolutely, and I welcome the statement of the Election Commission,
that in this situation, digital campaigning is the only option and I
think this digital campaign will help us reach out to the youth by
connecting PM Modi's concept of Nav Bharat Nirman.
Q. After several leaders joined BJP, do you think ticket distribution is a real challenge?
A.
Yes, of course, BJP is the biggest party, people have come from other
parties. We are taking all of them together, and everyone knows that the
next government will be of the BJP, and the Central Parlimentary Board
decides on tickets. Because of our country first, state first, people
first, we all work together. It doesn't matter who gets ticket.
Q.
There is a lot of cross over of leaders in Goa, from one party to
another, there is also pressure on you to keep the party united. Are you
having trouble managing all this?
A. There is absolutely no
problem. This time we are telling people that they should vote to form
the government, don't vote for MLA only, because BJP is forming the
government. That's why your vote is for the government, your vote is for
development, your vote is for self-reliant Goa, your vote is for BJP.
That's why this time everyone is voting for Modi ji.
Q. In this pandemic, you will have to manage both Covid situation and elections. How will you do that?
A. I cannot praise myself, but I thank PM Modi for how he has managed everything during the pandemic.
Q. You don't think anti incumbency factor can get you into trouble?
A.
No, anti-incumbency is for those who do not work. A lot of work has
been done in Goa, and the double engine government has done a phenomenal
job. Because of which other parties will not be seen in Goa far and
wide.
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