The five main members of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) from Goa, which is subject to voting, including the former MLA Lavoo Mamledar, submitted their resignations to Mamata Banerjee, claiming that the party was “trying to divide Goa”. In the letter of resignation, Lavoo Mamledar, Ram Mandrekar, Kishor Parwar, Komal Parwar, and Sujay Mallik stated that they would not be able to stay in the camp that tried to initiate separatist politics in their hometown.
“We joined AITC in the hope that it will bring brighter days to Goa and Goan people. Unfortunately, AITC does not understand Goa and Goa,” they said in the letter. Members who withdrew from Trinamool questioned Mamata Banerjee’s voting activities in Goa in their resignation letter. “The company you hired for the campaign in Goa is fooling the Goans. They don’t understand the pulse of the Goans,” they said, referring to the I-PAC led by political strategist Prashant Kishor.
For example, party members highlighted the Griha Laxmi plan recently launched in Goa, under which Trinamool promised to provide each woman in the state with 5,000 rupees per month. In contrast, the equivalent TMC plan in West Bengal-the Laxmi Bhandar plan-only offers women 500 rupees a month.
They claimed: “This clearly shows that in the Goa Griha Laxmi Scheme, the company you hire is only collecting data for elections because they don’t have any field data.” “When the AITC government failed to promote women in West Bengal In terms of status, we think it’s not good for our Goan mothers and sisters.” The leader also claimed that Trinamool tried to pass Sudinda Dhavalikar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).
The leaders accused the TMC of trying to polarize the Hindu votes in Goa against the MGP and Catholic votes. They said: “We will not allow AITC and the company that manages AITC Goa to destroy the secular structure of the country. We will protect it.”
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