Representative Pic
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday shifted five party MLAs to Chennai fearing poaching by the BJP.
Congress MLAs, Sankalp Amonkar, Alton Dcosta, Carlos Alvares, Rudolf Fernandes and Yuri Alemo have been shifted to Chennai. Sankalp Amonkar is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly and Deputy Leader for CLP, India Today reported quoting sources.
The MLAs were shifted to Chennai on Friday evening after the assembly proceedings were over for the day. The development comes ahead of the presidential polls that are slated to be held on July 18.
Digambar Kamat told India Today, “I have no comments to offer on this matter. I don’t have any official responsibility in the party now, so I can’t comment on this. The MLAs could have been called to Chennai to meet someone.”
A senior Congress leader told news agency PTI that all these MLAs flew to Chennai directly after the session got over on Friday. The leader also said that they would return to Goa directly to take part in the presidential polls.
Notably, the monsoon session of the Goa Assembly started on July 11 and will continue till next Friday.
Bhubaneswar: Odisha unit of BJP has sought action by chief electoral officer (CEO) against BJD…
New Delhi: Around a thousand voters from across three villages in Gujarat boycotted voting for…
New Delhi: India has condemned the float used by pro-Khalistan elements at the 'Nagar Kirtan'…
Puri: Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri town will remain closed to the devotees for six…
New Delhi: A group of men thrashed a medical aspirant in Kanpur after he was…
Bhubaneswar: After reeling under heatwave for nearly 3 weeks, Odisha heaved a sigh of relief…
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and MLA Amanatullah Khan's son was seen beating…
Phulbani: A hardcore Maoist cadre, who was wanted in several criminal cases, has surrendered before…