Former Goa MLA Lavoo Mamledar, 4 others quit Trinamool Congress
Mumbai: Former Goa MLA Lavoo Mamledar and four others resigned from Trinamool Congress alleging that TMC is trying to “divide Goans on basis of religion”.
In the resignation letter, Lavu Mamledar, Ram Mandrekar, Kishore Parwar, Komal Parwar and Sujay Malik said that it would not be possible for them to continue in the camp who are trying to wage divisive politics in their home state.
“We had joined the AITC with a hope that it would bring brighter days for Goa and Goans. But it is unfortunate to bring to the notice that AITC has not understood Goa and Goans,” they said in the letter.
Trinamool members who resigned questioned Mamata Banerjee’s election campaign in Goa in their resignation letter.
“The company which you all have hired for your campaign in Goa is fooling Goans and they have not understood the pulse of Goans,” they said referring to I-PAC led by political strategist Prashant Kishor.
As an example, the party members highlighted the recently launched Griha Laxmi Scheme in Goa, under which the Trinamool promised to provide ₹5,000 to every woman in the state each month. By contrast, the equivalent TMC programme in West Bengal – the Laxmi Bhandar Scheme – only gives ₹500 to women every month.
“This clearly indicates that in Goa Griha Laxmi Scheme is nothing but a collection of data for elections by the company you all have hired as they don’t have any data on the ground,” they alleged.
“When AITC govt has failed to uplift women in West Bengal, we don’t think it would do any good to our Goan mothers and sisters.”
The leaders also claimed that the Trinamool has tried to divide Goa on the basis of religion by tying up with Sudinda Dhavalikar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).
Accusing TMC of trying to polarize Hindu votes in Goa for MGP and Catholic voters, the leaders said, “We allow AITC and AITC to break the secular fabric of the state by allowing the company that manages Goa.”
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