Panaji, Sept. 13 -- The AAP and Goa Forward Party (GFP) on Sunday announced their pre-poll alliance, "Goa First", for the 2027 Assembly elections in the coastal state, offering what they described as a non-BJP, non-Congress alternative to voters.
Making the announcement, AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal told reporters in Panaji that the ruling BJP would not secure a majority in the upcoming elections and that the 'Goa First' alliance would form the next government.
He also said that AAP had learnt a lesson after seven of its Rajya Sabha MPs merged with the BJP and would be extra cautious in future about picking candidates.
"The people of Goa want a change. Goa First will form the government. We will win on our own," Kejriwal said at the press conference in the presence of GFP president Vijai Sardesai, Delhi's Leader of Opposition and AAP's Goa desk in-charge Atishi and others.
He described the alliance as credible and honest, saying it was loyal to the people of Goa.
Kejriwal said both parties were equal partners in the alliance.
Sardesai said the tie-up would provide an alternative to a government which, he alleged, was full of defectors.
He said the BJP had not received a complete mandate in the previous elections and that even the Congress leadership could not deny the possibility of another round of defections.
Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Millennium Post.