The Goa Congress has said it will Challenge its 10 former MLAs, who joined the BJP last year, to resign and seek fresh mandate on the saffron party’s ticket.
State Congress spokesman Urfan Mulla told PTI on Thursday that his party leaders will visit homes of the 10 MLAs and challenge them to re-contest the election.
After the 2017 Goa polls, a hung Assembly had emerged. But, the BJP outsmarted the Congress by cobbling together a coalition quickly.
In July last year, 10 Congress MLAs switched over to the BJP. “The Congress will challenge them to resign as MLAs and then re-contest on BJP’s ticket from their respective Assembly constituencies. If they think they can get re-elected on BJP’s ticket, they should try their luck,” Mulla said.
These MLAs got elected in the 2017 polls on Congress’ ticket, as the voters had rejected the BJP, he claimed.
“But these ten MLAs ditched the voters and join the BJP,” he alleged.The state Congress leaders will start visiting these 10 MLAs later this week, Mulla said.