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Reacting to the eight Congress MLAs joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa on Wednesday, Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema said that the Congress has surrendered before the BJP and only the Aam Aadmi Party can compete with it.
Reacting sharply to the merger of eight Congress MLAs with the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa on Wednesday, Goa Forward Party president Vijai Sardesai said that they stand as the symbols of pure evil while also calling their joining a subversion of the political and democratic process.
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said since 2014, there is a "wholesale buyer" in the Indian market, and one day, that buyer will buy nearly all MLAs one day in apparent dig to the BJP.
In an apparent swipe at the BJP over eight Congress MLAs crossing over to the saffron party in Goa, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said since 2014, there is a "wholesale buyer" in the Indian market and one day, that buyer will buy nearly all the MLAs and mock the voters of the country. Congress Leader P Chidambaram Takes Dig at BJP, Says ‘Wholesale Buyer Will Buy Nearly All MLAs in India One Day’.