PANJIM: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday claimed that Congress and BJP are scared of the party, as Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced various guarantees for Goans, and hence are criticizing AAP on social media.
“AAP works for the common man. AAP national convenor and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal promised four guarantees to auto and taxi operators, on his last visit. There are 25,000 taxi operators and during Covid their economic conditions became worse. Despite this, the government made it compulsory to set up meters worth Rs 11,000, although it is possible within Rs 5,000. And these politicians call taxi operators mafias. AAP condemns this,” AAP leader Amit Palekar said.
He added, “From so many years the government is framing policies for taxi operators without taking them into consideration. The system made them vulnerable. That’s why AAP is set to form a corporation that will decide what is good for them.”
Palekar slammed the government saying, “The government never provided a platform for taxi operators. Therefore, there is a misunderstanding between taxi operators and tourism stakeholders.”
On being asked about scrapping GoaMiles, Palekar said, “The government should have taken taxi operators into consideration before framing any policies regarding the business. There should be a symbiotic relationship business model.”
Rajdeep Naik said, “We have been studying the HC order, so that we can challenge it in the SC. Taxi operators didn’t get a chance to represent themselves properly. The government has failed to solve their issues. All politicians are becoming crorepatis and common man is becoming roadpati. Taxi operators are not mafias but the politicians are real mafias.”
Sudesh Mayekar said, “Taxi operators are brand ambassadors of tourism sector. When the government frames policies for the operators, they don’t take operators into consideration.”