How A Motor Mechanic's Son Beat 5-Time MLA Churchill Alemao In Goa
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Aam Aadmi Party leader Venzy Viegas told NDTV that he is "thrilled and excited" after the win in Goa assembly election. He also listed his priorities.
Venzy Viegas has emerged as a giant killer in Goa. In the assembly elections, the son of a motor mechanic and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate defeated Trinamool Congress' Churchill Alemao in Benaulim. ‘Why are you taking bachcha's name, men?' - Churchill's response when I asked him if he'll debate his AAP rival, a first timer called Venzy Viegas. Venzy has won. #Goahttps://t.co/rhEYfLrfgx
Alemao, a former Chief Minister and five-time MLA, was the firm favourite in Benaulim and joined the TMC in December 2021. He had dismissed Viegas as a "bachcha" just before the elections.
When the result of Benaulim constituency was announced on Thursday, Viegas immediately catapulted to fame. AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal congratulated him, saying this is the “beginning of honest politics” in Goa. The Congress's Antonio Feliciano Dias was the third candidate from the seat.
Viegas told NDTV that he is "thrilled and excited". "I don't have political background. My father was a motor mechanic. I come from a simple family and a god-fearing," he added.
