Two Congress MLAs Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte leave for Delhi with AYUSH Minister Shripad Naik.
Amidst speculations that they may join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), two Goa Congress legislators on Monday midnight left for Delhi.
Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar were likely to meet BJP president Amit Shah here, said a senior BJP leader.
"Both the Congress MLAs will be resigning from Congress party on Tuesday and joining the BJP," a senior BJP leader told PTI.
Sopte represents Mandrem constituency and Shirodkar was elected on a Congress ticket from Shiroda constituency. In 2017 State legislative assembly election, Sopte defeated former BJP chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar.
Little before their departure, Goa Health Minister and BJP MLA Vishwajit Rane also left for Delhi.
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.
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.
(With PTI inputs)
