The crossing over of eight of its Goa lawmakers, including former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, to the BJP was part of the ruling party’s ‘Operation Kichad (mud)‘, which was fast tracked to divert attention from the success of the Bharat Jodo Yatra, the Congress said on Wednesday.
The Congress is now left with just three MLAs in the State Assembly. The move comes just months after the Congress candidates were administered an oath of loyalty in the run up to the Assembly election in Goa.