The decision of the Congress President comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the BJP.
New Delhi: Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Sunday directed senior Congress leader Mukul Wasnik to rush to Goa to “oversee latest political developments” in the state.
The Congress has alleged that two of their legislators – Michael Lobo and former chief minister Digambar Kamat – of “conspiring” and “hobnobbing” with the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party to engineer a split in the grand old party’s legislative wing.
“Hon Congress President has asked Shri @MukulWasnik, MP to rush to Goa to oversee latest political developments in the state.” AICC general secretary, organization, KC Venugopal, tweeted last night.
https://twitter.com/kcvenugopalmp/status/1546189966954311680?s=20&t=SJR2Wg237Va-5JE3z_59Ow
The Grand old party also removed Mr. Lobo from the post of Leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, which has 40 members.
The announcement about the legislators going incommunicado and the sacking of Mr Lobo from the post was made by the party’s Goa desk in charge Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday evening, during the assembly session.
The decision of the Congress President comes amid speculation that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the BJP.
Exactly three years ago on this day, a group of 10 MLAs from the Congress had left the party and switched over to the BJP.
The development also comes close on the heels of the political crisis in neighboring Maharashtra, where the ruling Shiv Sena split following a rebellion by senior leader Eknath Shinde, who became the Chief Minister after Uddhav Thackeray resigned from the top post in the last week of June.
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