Archive · 12 Sep 2026
AAP-GFP Alliance Buzz Grows Despite Ongoing Congress Talks
Hoardings showing the Aam Aadmi Party and Goa Forward Party appeared along Goa’s highways.
They suggested that the two parties might work together in the 2027 state election.
Arvind Kejriwal said he was going to Goa to make a big announcement.
A GFP leader said an alliance would be announced at a press conference on Sunday.
The proposed alliance would not include the BJP or Congress, according to that leader.
GFP said it wanted to work with like-minded secular parties to defeat the BJP.
However, Goa Congress said it was still talking with GFP about an alliance.
This means the final political arrangement has not yet been confirmed in the reports.
Hoardings displaying AAP and GFP symbols appeared along Goa’s highways with the slogan, “Don’t let them cheat you the third time.”
Arvind Kejriwal said he was traveling to Goa to make a “very big announcement.”
A senior GFP functionary said an AAP-GFP alliance would be announced at Kejriwal’s Sunday press conference.
The GFP said it would pursue an alliance with like-minded secular forces to defeat the BJP in the February 2027 election.
Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar said Congress’s alliance talks with GFP were still underway.
- Who
- The Aam Aadmi Party, Goa Forward Party, Arvind Kejriwal, Vijai Sardesai and the Goa Congress are central to the report.
- What
- Joint AAP-GFP hoardings have fueled speculation about a pre-poll alliance for Goa’s 2027 assembly election, while Congress says its talks with GFP continue.
- When
- The hoardings appeared on Saturday, September 12; Kejriwal’s press conference was expected on Sunday, and the election is due before March 2027.
- Where
- The hoardings appeared along highways in Goa, where Kejriwal was expected to arrive.
- Why
- The parties are discussing alliances ahead of the 2027 election, including efforts to defeat the BJP, but the reports give conflicting accounts of whether GFP will align with AAP or Congress.
AAP-GFP Alliance
Congress-GFP Talks
GFP’s next alliance
AAP-GFP Alliance
A senior GFP functionary said GFP would announce a non-BJP and non-Congress alliance with AAP at Kejriwal’s Sunday press conference.
Congress-GFP Talks
Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar said GFP remained in talks with Congress’s central leadership for a 2027 pre-poll alliance.
GFP’s political objective
AAP-GFP Alliance
GFP said it would work with like-minded secular forces to create a united alternative and defeat the BJP.
Congress-GFP Talks
Congress described GFP as an ally since 2022 and said discussions about continuing that relationship were still active.
- Parties featured
- Aam Aadmi Party and Goa Forward Party
- Hoarding slogan
- “Don’t let them cheat you the third time”
- Expected announcement
- A senior GFP functionary said an AAP-GFP alliance would be announced at Kejriwal’s Sunday press conference.
- GFP position
- GFP said it would move toward an alliance with like-minded secular political forces to defeat the BJP.
- Congress position
- Goa Congress president Girish Chodankar said talks with GFP for a 2027 pre-poll alliance were still underway.
- Current assembly representation
- GFP has one MLA, Vijai Sardesai; AAP has two MLAs, Venzy Viegas and Cruz Silva.
- Election timing
- Goa’s legislative assembly election is due before March 2027, with GFP referring to February 2027.