New Delhi: AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday hit back at Goa Congress chief Girish Chodankar’s allegation that the ‘Goa First’ alliance between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Goa Forward Party (GFP) was an “exchange offer” with the BJP, saying, “Congress concedes defeat in Punjab.”
In an exclusive interview with Goa News Hub Editor-in-Chief Rupesh Samant, Chodankar had alleged that the alliance was part of an arrangement under which the BJP would support the AAP in Punjab, while the AAP would back the BJP in Goa.
Reacting to Chodankar’s statement, Kejriwal wrote on X, “Congress concedes defeat in Punjab.”
The Goa Congress chief had said that the ‘Goa First’ alliance had gone against the common aspirations of the people of Goa.
“The people of Goa wanted a larger alliance, but it looks like they are playing into the hands of the BJP, where the Aam Aadmi Party must have made an exchange offer that, in Punjab, the BJP will support the Aam Aadmi Party to win, and in Goa, the Aam Aadmi Party will support the BJP in forming the government,” Chodankar had told PTI on Tuesday.
He further claimed that the people of Goa would reject the alliance and said it would be the “last election” for both the AAP and GFP in the state.
The AAP and GFP announced the ‘Goa First’ alliance on Sunday ahead of the 2027 Goa Assembly elections. The two parties have projected the alliance as a non-BJP, non-Congress alternative and said they would oppose the practice of political defections.
