Congress Loyalty Pledge

Seven months after they took a "loyalty pledge" at a temple, church and a mosque, eight of 11 Congress MLAs in Goa have switched to the ruling BJP.

Led by former chief minister Digambar Kamat and senior leader Michael Lobo, eight of 11 Congress MLAs today joined BJP

Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi today campaigned for his party in Goa, where the party's candidates also took a pledge of loyalty in his presence.

Congress's Assembly poll candidates in Goa will take a pledge of loyalty to the party in the presence of its senior leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, when he will be on a day-long visit to the state, a party functionary said.

The party wants to assure the people of the state that voting for Congress won't be a wasted vote and that the elected representatives will not defect after being elected.

The Congress party in Goa is pulling out all the stops to ensure that the practice of switching sides by elected representatives is a thing of the past.

Two out of four Congress legislators, against whom a disqualification petition is pending with the Karnataka assembly speaker, on Friday met with party leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah and reportedly pledged loyalty to the party.

In the Congress party, which has often been accused of encouraging sycophancy, loyalty pledges becoming a habit.

For a party regularly criticised for unabashed sycophancy, the Congress has gifted its opponents a jackpot controversy. In Bengal, where the party placed a very distant second in last week's election, each of the Congress' 44 lawmakers have been asked to sign a declaration of "unqualified allegiance" to the party and its leaders, Sonia and Rahul Ga...

The recent state elections have been analysed by the pundits in the media to a significant degree. There is little left to say, but the common theme seems to be the decline of the Congress.

Seven months after they took a "loyalty pledge" at a temple, church and a mosque, eight of 11 Congress MLAs in Goa have switched to the ruling BJP.

Led by former chief minister Digambar Kamat and senior leader Michael Lobo, eight of 11 Congress MLAs today joined BJP

Congress leader and MP Rahul Gandhi today campaigned for his party in Goa, where the party's candidates also took a pledge of loyalty in his presence.

Congress's Assembly poll candidates in Goa will take a pledge of loyalty to the party in the presence of its senior leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday, when he will be on a day-long visit to the state, a party functionary said.

The party wants to assure the people of the state that voting for Congress won't be a wasted vote and that the elected representatives will not defect after being elected.

The Congress party in Goa is pulling out all the stops to ensure that the practice of switching sides by elected representatives is a thing of the past.

Two out of four Congress legislators, against whom a disqualification petition is pending with the Karnataka assembly speaker, on Friday met with party leader and former chief minister Siddaramaiah and reportedly pledged loyalty to the party.

In the Congress party, which has often been accused of encouraging sycophancy, loyalty pledges becoming a habit.

For a party regularly criticised for unabashed sycophancy, the Congress has gifted its opponents a jackpot controversy. In Bengal, where the party placed a very distant second in last week's election, each of the Congress' 44 lawmakers have been asked to sign a declaration of "unqualified allegiance" to the party and its leaders, Sonia and Rahul Ga...

The recent state elections have been analysed by the pundits in the media to a significant degree. There is little left to say, but the common theme seems to be the decline of the Congress.