New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday announced that she will visit Goa on October 28, 2021, and urged political parties and individuals to join her to defeat the ruling Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) in the state, PTI reported. The assembly elections in the 40-member House of Goa is due to be held in February next year.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo had earlier announced that her party will be contesting the assembly elections in Goa next year.
In regard to her visit, Mamata Banerjee on her official Twitter handle writes, "As I prepare for my maiden visit to Goa on 28th, I call upon all individuals, organisations and political parties to join forces to defeat the BJP and their divisive agenda. The people of Goa have suffered enough over the last 10 years."
"Together, we will usher in a new dawn for Goa by forming a new govt that will truly be a govt of the people of Goa and committed to realizing their aspirations! #GoenchiNaviSakal," she added.
Earlier on Friday, TMC had announced Goa's former chief minister Luizinho Faleiro as its vice president. Earlier while submitting his resignation to the Congress party, the veteran leader had said that his tenure in Congress was nothing other than suffering and Goa needs a "streetfighter" Mamata Banerjee to end its torment.
(With inputs from PTI)