AAP leaders Amit Palekar, Rajdeep Naik, & Nonu Naik condemned the statement made by the BJP against the Bhandari Samaj made after Arvind Kejriwal, AAP National Convenor and Delhi CM had a meeting with the Gomantak Bhandari Samaj at their head office during his two day visit.
While addressing media on Tuesday, Palekar said, “till date BJP has been using Bhandari Samaj to settle their own politics. Kejriwal was here to meet Bhandari Samaj people and listened their grievances. It was not a political meet. BJP using divide and rule tactics within Bhandari Samaj to settle their own agenda. We condemned the statement made by senior BJP leaders over Kejriwal meeting members of the Bhandari Samaj “.
“There is a saying in Konkani, Stones are thrown on the tree on which mangoes are grown more. Currently, AAP seen as a platform to address issues of the common man and that’s why there is a fear in the BJP leaders. That’s why they are criticising everything what AAP has been doing. But, the Bhandari Samaj are educated and know the truth. Therefore, the BJP should stop playing caste politics here”, Palekar said further.
“The ruling party is scared of the Aam Aadmi Party and that is why two senior leaders are holding a press conference. The Bhandari community has been demanding many things for a long time but the government has always ignored them. Now that the elections are approaching, the Bhandari community is remembered by the BJP”, said Nonu Naik, Member AAP Goa Campaign Committee .
“After Vishwas Satarkar’s period was over as OBC commissioner, government didn’t bother to appoint a new commissioner. They took 8 months to do that. A lot of Scholarships has been pending of the year 2019-2020. But, when Kejriwal met Bhandari Samaj that time they remembered of Bhandari Samaj”, he said further.
Rajdeep Naik, Vice President AAP Goa Campaign Committee said, “BJP used Bhandari Samaj people for their benefit. Till now, except Ravi Naik nobody from the Bhandari Samaj has gotten the position of CM of the state. BJP only knows divide and rule tactics”