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AAP Names Valmiki Naik President of Goa Unit

The reshuffle follows AAP's weak Zilla Panchayat showing.

Overview

  • The appointment was cleared by the party's Political Affairs Committee and announced by Goa in-charge Atishi.
  • Gerson Gomes was elevated to state working president, Prashant Naik became organisation secretary, and Sandesh Telekar Desai took the senior vice president role.
  • The changes come days after former state chief Amit Palekar resigned from the party following his removal after the Zilla Panchayat results.
  • Arvind Kejriwal congratulated the new team, saying Goans want clean politics, jobs for youth, and an end to corruption and gundaraj.
  • AAP currently holds two MLAs in the Goa Assembly and won one seat in the recent Zilla Panchayat election.