There was a ruckus on Sunday exterior the residence of Goa BJP MLA Wilfred D’Sa after the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) staged a protest towards him, claiming that his supporters had allegedly abused occasion staff yesterday. was given.
The AAP alleged that throughout the occasion’s “silent protest” exterior D’Sa’s home on Sunday, his supporters threw eggs and tomatoes at him. The MLA, nevertheless, denied any such assault by his followers.
A gaggle of AAP leaders, led by its state vp Pratima Coutinho, had on Saturday visited D’Sa’s home in South Goa as a part of a marketing campaign to focus on 10 occasion MLAs, who’ve switched from the Congress to the ruling BJP. they have been completed. Exactly two years in the past.
Today AAP got here to Goa!
Wilfred D’s “Babashan” from Congress to BJP continues to be hidden from us! pic.twitter.com/EhcxrClEU0— Aam Aadmi Party Goa (@AAPGoa) 11 July 2021
D’Sa, who represents Nuvem constituency, was among the many 10 MLAs who joined the saffron occasion on July 10, 2019.
As a part of this train, AAP visited the residences of those MLAs with truffles to mark the second anniversary of the transition from Congress to BJP. AAP leaders mentioned that whereas most of those MLAs silently accepted the cake, they have been verbally abused exterior the D’Sa residence on Saturday.
Speaking to PTI, AAP’s Goa convenor Rahul Mahambre alleged, “On Sunday, we went to D’Sa’s residence to carry a silent protest towards verbal abuse, however we have been stopped by the police. The MLA’s supporters threw eggs and tomatoes at us.
He mentioned the assault on AAP staff was accomplished with none provocation.
Eyewitnesses mentioned AAP leaders and activists, together with Coutinho, needed to be stopped once they tried to cross the barricades put up by the police.
“But there was no lathi charge or any kind of action by the police. We just stopped them, after which they returned,” mentioned a senior police officer.
He mentioned the protest continued for almost two hours exterior D’Sa’s D’Sa residence.
When requested, D’Sa mentioned AAP’s protest was futile. “That party cannot question me on my move to join the BJP. It is the right of Congress.”
“They (AAP workers) gathered outside my house for cheap publicity,” he mentioned.
He denied any assault by his supporters on AAP staff.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
