Goemkarponn Desk
PANAJI: Days after AAP national convenor Arvind Kejriwal made his maiden visit to Gomantak Bhandari Samaj (GBS) office, the Samaj leader Ashok Naik announced that the organisation will support a national party that offers maximum seats to members of the Bhandari community during 2022 polls.
Speaking to reporters, Naik cited the instance of how then chief minister late Manohar Parrikar had offered 12 tickets to Bhandari community members in the past and the same needs to be continued considering that the community comprises of 60 per cent of total State population.
“For the development of the Bhandari community, there should be more community members elected as legislators in the State. We need more representation to protect our rights,” said Naik.
Naik, however, refused to identify those constituencies where the community would stake a claim for tickets.
“We will have a special executive committee meeting to work out our strategy for the elections,” said Naik.
CM Kejriwal became the first Delhi CM to visit the head office of the community.
“I have not come here to visit Bhandari Samaj as the Aam Aadmi Party national convenor nor have I come here as Delhi CM. I came here as a younger brother of Bhandari Samaj. The Bhandari Samaj wants in Goa the kind of good work Delhi is witnessing. They have raised a lot of issues with us. We will think about the issues and work on them,” Kejriwal said.
