‘BJP winning polls will be tribute to Parrikar’

Panaji: Senior BJP functionaries

Devendra Fadnavis and C T Ravi

said on Thursday that the party should work to form the next government in Goa to pay tribute to former chief minister Manohar Parrikar. Fadnavis, the party’s election in-charge for Goa, said that if someone wishes to see the real face of Trinamool Congress, they should visit West Bengal, where there is “no democracy”.

Addressing karyakartas at Taleigao, Fadnavis said that the upcoming Goa election is a different one, and that parties are fighting to become the main opposition party in the state. He said it is “our responsibility” to win and pay tribute to Parrikar.

The former Maharashtra CM said that Delhi is not a full-fledged state, and that police and PWD are looked after by the Union government. He said that only two things are with the AAP government — education and health. “They get a lot of money as it is the capital city, and they go around the country saying that they want to implement the Delhi model,” he said.

Slamming TMC, Fadnavis said that whatever is seen in Goa is from that party’s publicity department. He alleged that in West Bengal, “if you speak about democracy, you will be assaulted, and if you demand your rights, you will be hanged”.

“Some people want to get such a government in Goa, (but) the people of the state will not allow it,” he said. “This isn’t the culture of Goa and we should not allow such a culture in Goa.”