Guwahati: Eight Goa Congress MLAs former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday in Goa.
All the eight MLAs Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes joined BJP after meeting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant at the Assembly complex today.
“We have merged with BJP with a majority of 2/3rd to strengthen the hands of PM Modi and CM Pramod Sawant… ‘Congress Chhodo, BJP ko Jodo’, said former Congress MLA Michael Lobo, reported ANI.
While welcoming the leaders, Goa CM Sawant also made fun of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra by declaring that “Congress Chhodo Yatra will commence from Goa now.”
In the 40-member House, the BJP already controls a majority of 25, including its own 20 MLAs, two representatives from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, and three independent politicians.
It now has 33 members after the addition of eight MLAs from the Congress.
The development occurred while Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress, conducted the Bharat Jodo Yatra to oppose the BJP-dominated Centre and educate the populace about the perils of economic inequality, social polarisation, and political centralization.