Despite administering its candidates pre–poll temple oaths and sign anti–defection affidavits, the “defection–scarred” Congress has moved all its candidates to a resort in North Goa to guard against possible defections ahead of the results to the Goa Assembly election on March 10.
According to sources, the party, anxious to keep its flock together and prevent the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from ‘tempting’ its candidates, moved all its 37 candidates to a luxury resort in Bambolim on Tuesday.
Evading media queries, some candidates claimed on Wednesday evening that they were heading home while some claimed that they were heading for birthday celebrations of the Congress candidate from Curchorem in South Goa.