Speaker Panaji, Ahead of the Goa Assembly session, Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Monday stated he had not acquired any intimation a few ‘split’ within the state Congress Legislature Party.
On Sunday, out of the whole 11 Congress MLAs within the state, 5 — Michael Lobo, Digambar Kamat, Kedar Naik, Rajesh Faldesai and Delialah Lobo — went incommunicado, a senior celebration chief earlier stated.
The Congress subsequently eliminated Lobo from the put up of Leader of Opposition and stated the brand new LoP might be named earlier than the Assembly session.
Congress’s Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday alleged that “Lobo and Kamat were hatching a conspiracy by hobnobbing with the BJP to engineer a split in the Congress”.
As on Monday morning, 5 of the Congress MLAs, within the 40-member Goa Assembly, have been with the celebration, whereas 5 others remained out of attain. Another MLA Aleixo Sequeira was at house and pledged his help to the celebration.
A senior Congress chief stated they’d moved the 5 MLAs, who’re with the celebration, to an undisclosed location to keep away from additional ‘split’ within the outfit.
On Monday, when reporters requested Tawadkar a few “split” within the Congress, the Speaker stated, “I have no intimation whatsoever. I was in my office on Sunday preparing for the monsoon session of the Assembly.” He additionally replied in unfavourable when requested if he was knowledgeable in regards to the change of Leader of Opposition by the Congress Legislature Party.
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