Goa politics news: Big jolt to Congress as former CM Digambar Kamat, 7 other MLAs to join ruling BJP

Eight Congress MLAs from Goa are set to join the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, state BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade told PTI on Wednesday.

In the 40-member Goa Assembly, the Congress has 11 legislators and the BJP has 20.

In a similar move in July 2019, 10 Congress MLAs had switched over to the BJP.

The 8 Congress MLAs are Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Rajesh Phaldesai, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes.