Two Goa Congress MLAs leave for Delhi, may join BJP


Panaji, Oct 16 (PTI): Two Goa Congress legislators Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar Monday midnight left for Delhi amidst speculations that they may join the BJP. A senior BJP leader said they were likely to meet BJP president Amit Shah in the national capital.

“Both the Congress MLAs will be resigning from Congress party on Tuesday and joining the BJP,” a senior BJP leader told PTI.

While Sopte, who defeated former BJP chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar in 2017 State legislative assembly election, represents Mandrem constituency, Shirodkar was elected on a Congress ticket from Shiroda constituency.

Both the legislators left by a midnight flight to Delhi. Goa Health Minister and BJP MLA Vishwajit Rane also left for Delhi, little before their departure.

“I am going on a business trip,” Sopte told reporters at the airport.

Similarly, when Shirodkar was asked whether he was joining the BJP, he responded, “You will come to know, if I do it”.

Goa is currently witnessing hectic political activities with Congress party petitioning President Ram Nath Kovind, seeking his intervention to ask Goa Governor Mridula Sinha to call them to form the government.

BJP state core committee and party’s legislature party also met in Panaji during the day.

The meetings are happening at the backdrop of poor health condition of Chief minister Manohar Parrikar, who is currently being treated by doctors from state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital at his residence at Dona Paula.

When contacted, All India Congress Committee Secretary A Chellakumar said he had spoken to both the legislators – Sopte and Shirodkar – who had assured him that they were not resigning from the party.

“I spoke to both of them Monday evening and they have refused that they are resigning,” he said.

Congress currently has 16 MLAs in the Goa Legislative Assembly. Their strength would be reduced to 14 if two legislators resign.

BJP is having 14 MLAs while three each are from Goa Forward Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and Independents. One legislator is from the NCP.

  

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  • El En Tea, Mumbai

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Shameless buying Congress MLA

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  • Sudhakar, Kallianpur

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Shameless congress MLAs, selling themselves for money!!!!

    Buyer and Seller both are shameless...

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    it is not 1nly congress sell themselves. bjp mla's r also selling themselves. both r shameless corrupt. bjp is a guru of corrupts.

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  • Thomas, Udupi

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    There is no harm in jumping from the sinking boat.

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  • shailu, Kolkatta

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Karnataka Congress Mla next

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  • Ravi C, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    And then some immigrants from bengol...

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  • Satya, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Goa is a beautiful tourist destination, but when it comes to politics, it is the dirtiest not only in India but all over the world. Every politician from this state is corrupt, disloyal and dirty. I do not think that a single politician in Goa even has a conscience, morals or ethics. It is time that the people of Goa realise and get rid of this cancer.

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    As they said, they are going to Delhi on business trip, so that they can meet Omit Shah and fix their rate!

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  • Dr.S.Kamath, Mumbai

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    This is really amazing development
    Just even yesterday Congress leaders were giving press statement s that we have numbers Manohar Parrikkar should resign BJP doesn't has numbers bla bla bla
    Now actual scene is different
    Exactly opposite

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  • Ravi C, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Just imagine how many crores would have offered!

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  • Rathan, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Ravi
    Just think how many crores demanded
    Thai ek haath se nahi bajthi

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  • KRPrabhu, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Don't worry sir...dkeshi will be deputed to Goa with his newly purchased bus which is remaining idle....

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  • Indian, Coastal Karnataka

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    This is India. This is the way Politics is made only for a few elite people. And these only jump from one party to another.

    We say Congress corrupt and we ousted in 2014. Now many Congress joining BJP and suddenly after joining BJP they become clean!!. Why we don't understand and bring new faces??

    Why only a few and cry cry parivarik party, Two men army and so and so! Its the people who need to be wise, not them. Let this begin in 2019, the last chance for all Indians to apply mind seriously.

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  • Sheikh, Karkala

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    When the pre-demonetized dumped money will come to use? These fools will be enjoying money & power. Akhir daku ka kamaal. BJP = power @ any cost.

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  • Justin Dsouza, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    After 2019 India will be Iran :( :'(

    What happended o Iran in 1979 will happen to India in 2019.

    Everything will be doomed and ruined just like Persia was destroyed Bharath will also get destroyed thanks to the Gujju Pradan Sevak and his Circuit.

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  • David Pais, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    dey r wanting 2 accept corrupt govt's., kamala operation.

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  • NAVEEN, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    How Congress did in Karnataka . They took 7 JDS Mla's including Mr jameer Ahamed & others. Madidunu maraya.

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  • Tell The Truth, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    After 2019...no.opposition party exists in india. Only one party rule with iron fist for next hundred years. It will become big miracle to outer world.

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  • Ravi C, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Have some patience. Just because BJP won this term, does not mean that it will rule for 100, 1000 years. Just a reminder congress ruled for 60 years, not by jumlas.

    Goa has coalition government. People will reject monkeys jumping from one party to another.

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  • Rodrigo, Udupi

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    A Fascist, Brahmanistic, Misogynistic party to rule over the world's largest democracy with no scope for dissent or discourse, and only interested in name changing of cities...lol

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  • Indian, Mangalore

    Tue, Oct 16 2018

    Well, everything comes to an end, everything is bound by time. The problem for BJP is they have built the vaccum within them theough Modi.. once Modi gone, there is no leader in BJP who has national visibility and thus opposition will come to power.. the problem with people of India is that they still believe in cast system and religion, we have forgotten that we have to build the nation.. and as in British raj, we have left politicians to decide our fate.. the question is what is democratic rule.. we lost an opportunity to build our nation.. future depends on external factors than internal.. more and more trade wars, brexit kind of scenario will errupt and we have to blame ourselves that we have a rogue nation.. when we will fix our internal issues so that we can prepare for external factors.. only solution is devide ..

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