Margao: Goa Forward Party (GFP) chief Vijai Sardesai on Sunday said Goans want to be free of the BJP and announced that he will launch ‘Operation Vijai’ in September ahead of the assembly polls to dislodge the party from power.
Speaking at his birthday celebration, Sardesai said this is the last opportunity to save Goa. “BJP want to be in power by hook or by crook and are only looting the state. Goa’s debt has crossed Rs 15,000 crore,” he alleged, adding that jobs are being sold and multi crore scams are rocking the state.
Sardesai said that in September, GFP will launch Operation Vijai from Anant Chaturdashi to remove the BJP from office.
Taking a dig at the Congress, he said public resistance movements in Goa are at their peak, whether the Enough is Enough campaign or other protests against the government. “This is happening because the principal opposition party is not doing its job properly,” Sardesai alleged.
He claimed that after the 2022 elections he had offered to merge his party with the Congress and asked to be made Leader of the Opposition (LoP). He claimed he had assured then AICC in-charge of Goa Dinesh Gundu Rao that he would step down as LoP if the Congress did not win the North Goa Lok Sabha seat. “However, the Congress didn’t accept my proposal and now it is time to move on with self respect,” Sardesai said.
In a democracy, he said, people should be the real high command. “The high command in Delhi doesn’t care about Goa and its people,” he alleged.
Calling for seriousness in the 2026 27 elections, Sardesai said people have already begun taking the polls seriously and parties must respect their will. “We have to bring a Goenkarpanacho sarkar in the new year,” Sardesai said.
