MARGAO: The Socialist Democratic Party of India (SDPI) is determined to enter the political fray in the March 3 assembly elections by contesting in several of the constituencies where the minority community has a sizeable presence.
SDPI’s national general secretary in-charge of Goa desk Mehboob Shariff from Bangalore conducted a number of meetings with party workers at Margao, Davorlim, Housing board and Ponda on Saturday and Sunday.
While deliberating on the poll strategy of the party for the elections at these meetings, the party workers were also informed about the performance of the SDPI in civic polls in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala, party sources said.
Sources said that the SDPI leadership has decided to field candidates in Margao, Navelim, Ponda, Fatorda, Curtorim, and is also considering contesting from Mormugao and Valpoi constituencies as well.
The SDPI is being supported by the Popular Front of India (PFI), a confederation of Muslim organizations in India, and is in the process of finalizing its candidates from the minority communities including the scheduled castes, tribes and dalits, sources said.
Speaking to TOI, chief of the Goa unit of the SDPI, Zia Ricarty said that the candidates will be finalized within the next one week.
“In constituencies where the SDPI will not contest, we will support clean and non-corrupt candidates. Our agenda is to clean up the corrupt political system of India,” Ricarty said.
Abdulmatin Daud Carol, a SDPI member, said that the party has a considerable number of its cadre in Goa, who will dedicatedly work for the party’s success in the assembly polls.
“The minority community has been sidelined by the Congress for long. Besides, there has been a lot of interference in the affairs of minority community institutions during the Congress rule. People are now yearning for a change,” Carol said.
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