A day after the Goa Congress leadership charged senior legislators Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat with attempting to split the party by hobnobbing with the ruling BJP, the party on Monday moved disqualification petitions against the duo for ‘anti-party activities’ even as senior Congressman and MP Mukul Wasnik, sent as a troubleshooter to the coastal State, declared the situation to be “under control.”
After a high-voltage drama on Sunday with much suspense on whether the party would be able to keep its flock together, the Goa Congress leadership on Monday said seven of the 11 Congress MLAs stood firm with the party.
Given that the party’s Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao had removed Mr. Lobo as Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader on Sunday, Goa Congress chief Amit Patkar said a new Opposition leader would be announced soon. Mr. Patkar said they had met the Speaker to discuss the altered seating arrangements in the House in view of the fact that Mr. Lobo was no longer the CLP chief.
