After Maharasyra coup, Goa is out of Congress to reach. The Congress accused its then Leader of Opposition (LoP) Michael Lobo of plotting a defection of its MLAs along with senior party leader and former chief minister Digambar Kamat, Lobo returned to deal a blow to the grand old party again, as he along with seven other party MLAs, including his wife Delilah Lobo and Kamat, jumped ship and joined the ruling BJP Wednesday.
The Congress had managed to foil their first defection attempt in July, firing Lobo as the LoP. It had then also sought the disqualification of Kamat and Lobo as MLAs, filing disqualification petitions against them before the Assembly Speaker, which are still pending. The state Congress president, Amit Patkar, and other leaders had then also urged the Speaker to change the seating arrangements in the House in accordance with the Congress Legislature Party (CLP)’s resolution removing Lobo as the CLP leader.
Rahul Gandhi padayatra for uniting India has yet again suffered serious setbacks. And the ruling BJP has reasons to smile.
OpinionExpress.In
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