Contest in Goa between Congress & BJP, choice before voters clear: Chidambaram

His remarks came a day after AAP national convener Kejriwals comments that his party is ready to be part of a coalition government in Goa if the February 14 assembly elections throw up a fractured mandate.Chidambaram, who is the Congress senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls, appealed to the voters of Goa to vote for a regime change and elect Congress.My assessment that the AAP and the TMC will only fracture the non-BJP vote in Goa has been confirmed by Mr Arvind Kejriwal.

Asserting that the contest in Goa is between the Congress and the BJP, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said his assessment that the AAP and the TMC will only ''fracture'' the non-BJP vote has been ''confirmed'' by Arvind Kejriwal. His remarks came a day after AAP national convener Kejriwal's comments that his party is ready to be part of a coalition government in Goa if the February 14 assembly elections throw up a fractured mandate.

Chidambaram, who is the Congress' senior election observer for the Goa Assembly polls, appealed to the voters of Goa to vote for a regime change and elect Congress.

''My assessment that the AAP (and the TMC) will only fracture the non-BJP vote in Goa has been confirmed by Mr Arvind Kejriwal. The contest in Goa is between Congress and BJP,'' he said.

''Those who want a regime change (after 10 years of misrule) will vote for the Congress. Those who want the regime to continue will vote for the BJP,'' Chidambaram said in a series of tweets.

The choice before the voter in Goa is stark and clear, he said. Do you want a regime change or not, the Congress leader asked.

''I appeal to the voters of Goa to vote for a regime change and vote Congress,'' Chidambaram said.

Assembly polls for all 40 seats in Goa will be held on February 14.