New Delhi: Eight Congress MLAs including Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira & Rudolf Fernandes today met Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
The eight Congress MLAs is set to join the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) today.
With this move, Congress will be left with only three MLAs in the state.
Earlier, Congress leader Manish Tewari had hinted on the development.
A cuckoo bird is chiming Something is apparently cooking in an erstwhile Portuguese Territory . Does not smell good…….! Hope the cuckoo bird is wrong…….
— Manish Tewari (@ManishTewari) September 14, 2022
On the other hand, BJP’s Amit Malviya took a jibe at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, he Tweeted “Rahul Gandhi must focus on saving the Congress.”
He said, the eight Goa MLAs are deciding to dump the party when Former Congress President is on the road, this shows how disconnected he is.
Rahul Gandhi must focus on saving the Congress.
8 Goa MLAs deciding to dump the Congress at a time when Rahul Gandhi is on the road, shows how disconnected he is.
There are several states where the Congress doesn’t have even a single MLA and marginal presence in several others.
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 14, 2022
This is a developing story.
