With exit polls predicting a fractured mandate in the Goa Assembly elections, the Congress party’s trouble-shooter and KPCC president D K Shivakumar rushed to Goa on March 8.
Mr Shivakumar left for Goa by a special flight on the directions of the Congress high command, sources in the party said. Elections to the Goa Assembly were held in a single phase in February.
All exit polls gave an edge to the BJP although it was not seen as securing the majority mark of 21 in the 40-member house. Exit polls have predicted a neck-and-neck fight between the Congress and the ruling BJP in Goa.
