Goa AAP slams BJP’s ‘tiffin par charcha’

Panaji: AAP’s Goa president Amit Palekar on Tuesday slammed BJP’s ‘tiffin par charcha’ (discussion over a meal) campaign, by saying that it was only "rubbing salt to the wounds of the common man who is finding it impossible to run the household in the current situation".

He was speaking during the protest at Azad Maidan in Panaji against the campaign.

The campaign, in which BJP leaders and workers are told to bring their own food in their tiffin boxes and talk about party strategy over lunch, was planned on the lines of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s famous “Chai Pe Charcha” (discussion over tea) events that were organized in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Palekar termed the BJP government as an 'event management sarkar' which organizes 'chintan shivirs' at 5-star hotels, while unemployment and price rises were gouging the common man.

“AAP is the only party which genuinely cares about the common man, leaving all politics aside", AAP leader Valmiki Naik said.

Another AAP leader Pratima Coutinho demanded to know the whereabouts of the BJP's Mahila Morcha, which is silent now but used to protest over LPG prices every second day.

"BJP promised free cylinders to women to get their votes, but backstabbed them after elections," Coutinho said.

She slammed the Pramod Sawant government for "splurging on needless events," while keeping beneficiaries of social welfare schemes "waiting for their money for months at a time".

With inputs from IANS