{"id":105154,"date":"2025-08-25T18:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=105154"},"modified":"2025-08-25T18:30:47","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T13:00:47","slug":"goas-bumpy-truth-aaps-bike-rally-under-bjpcheburak-campaign-showcases-porvorim-mapusa-highway-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=105154","title":{"rendered":"Goa\u2019s bumpy truth: AAP&#8217;s bike rally under #BJPCheBurak campaign showcases Porvorim-Mapusa highway horror"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>*AAP has proven it is the only serious opposition in Goa: Amit Palekar*<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>*AAP is the only credible and uncompromised voice of Goans: Amit Palekar*<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>*Road repair has become BJP\u2019s money-making business: Capt. Venzy Viegas*<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>*Don\u2019t be fooled by last-minute roadworks before elections, choose wisely: Capt. Venzy Viegas*<\/strong><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goa Khabar:<\/strong>AAP Benaulim MLA Capt. Venzy Viegas, AAP Goa President Adv. Amit Palekar, AAP Working President Valmiki Naik, AAP Vice President Chetan Kamat and Sunil Singnapurkar, AAP General Secretary Organisation Shrikrishna Parab and other AAP leaders Sarfaraz Ankalgi, Salman Khan and Rohan Naik held a bike rally on Saturday under the #BJPCheBurak campaign. The ride started from Khapreshwar Devasthan in Porvorim and went up to Mapusa, highlighting the pathetic state of the highway.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">On Friday, AAP had openly invited Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and all MLAs to join the rally and experience firsthand what common people endure every day due to pothole-ridden roads. However, no BJP MLA turned up. While AAP Benaulim MLA Capt. Venzy joined, AAP Velim MLA Cruz Silva could not attend as he was outside the state.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Adv. Amit Palekar said, \u201cThe absence of other MLAs shows the seriousness of AAP. AAP is the only credible and uncompromised party, the true voice of Goa.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Palekar further added, \u201cWe raised the pothole issue in the Assembly, where even CM Pramod Sawant admitted that 50% of accidents happen due to bad roads. After that, we took the #BJPCheBurak campaign to the streets across Goa, exposing the poor governance and corruption of the BJP government. Our campaign awakened them from their deep slumber, and now the government is doing patchwork in a haphazard manner.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The pathetic condition of Goa\u2019s roads, Palekar said, is the direct result of the BJP government\u2019s 40% commission raj. \u201cBecause of their corrupt demands, contractors deliver substandard work, and it is the common Goan who continues to suffer.\u201d Speaking to the media after taking blessings at Khapreshwar Devasthan along with other AAP leaders, Palekar said, \u201cWe prayed for his blessings to put an end to the corrupt governance of the BJP government.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Capt. Venzy Viegas, who rode pillion with Adv. Palekar, expressed shock at the poor condition of the service road. \u201cThese ministers travel in vehicles worth crores, so they don\u2019t realise the hardships. But the common man suffers daily. I can\u2019t even imagine the plight of daily commuters. With a dry spell predicted, the government must take immediate action to repair these roads.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Viegas also slammed the BJP government, saying that road repair work has turned into a money-making business for those in power. He pointed out that every year pre-monsoon tenders are issued, but within a month the tarred roads disappear. Soon after, potholes reappear, followed by new tenders for pothole filling. Once the monsoon ends, yet another tender is issued for road repairs. \u201cThis cycle only fills the pockets of a corrupt system, while our tax money sinks into the roads. Every year, Goans face the same potholes,\u201d Viegas said.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He urged Goans to think carefully before voting. \u201cDon\u2019t get fooled by last-minute road works before elections. Calculate how much of your money has been wasted in the last four years. And then vote wisely.\u201d<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>*AAP has proven it is the only serious opposition in Goa: Amit Palekar* *AAP is the only credible and uncompromised voice of Goans: Amit Palekar* *Road repair has become BJP\u2019s money-making business: Capt. Venzy Viegas* *Don\u2019t be fooled by last-minute roadworks before elections, choose wisely: Capt. Venzy Viegas* Goa Khabar:AAP Benaulim MLA Capt. Venzy Viegas, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":105155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-105154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105154"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105156,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105154\/revisions\/105156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/105155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}