On July 10, 2019, during the last term of BJP government, 10 MLAs of Congress along with Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavalekar had switched to BJP. However, Kavalekar and other six politicians lost the assembly election held in February 2022. The incident of Leader of Opposition joining the ruling fold had invited ire and criticism. As t
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) President Amit Patkar on Wednesday said that a new Congress Legislative Party (CLP) leader will be chosen in the second week of September."I had a discussion with our leaders K.C. Venugopal and Mukul .
Former Goa chief minister Kamat had last week been accused of trying to engineer a split within the Congress's legislature party in the state after failing to attend a party meeting and going silent for a period of time.
Amid the ongoing crisis within the Goa Congress unit, the party on Sunday removed former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat as a permanent invitee to Congress Working Committee (CWC).
Amid the ongoing crisis within the Congress Goa unit, former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat has called for introspection within the party citing losses in elections and defections.