Ponda, April 1 -- Former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday targeted the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government while addressing a public gathering in Ponda, North Goa, alleging lack of development and neglect of basic civic issues in the area.

Kejriwal claimed that political parties usually begin work only during election time, but alleged that this time, even that has not happened in Ponda. He said that people often wait for elections for development work to begin, but the situation in the region reflects continued neglect.

"... All the people from other parties, they don't work for these 5 years, when elections come, suddenly the work starts, roads start getting fixed, cleaning starts,...