Huge jolt to Congress in Goa, 2 of their MLAs may join BJP

Two Goa Congress legislators Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar Monday midnight left for Delhi amidst speculations that they may join the BJP.
A senior BJP leader said they were likely to meet BJP president Amit Shah in the national capital.

"Both the Congress MLAs will be resigning from Congress party on Tuesday and joining the BJP," a senior BJP leader told PTI.

While Mr Sopte, who defeated former BJP chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar in 2017's state legislative assembly election, represents Mandrem constituency, Mr Shirodkar was elected on a Congress ticket from Shiroda constituency.