Goa Congress Sacks Its Leader In Assembly For "Conspiring Defections"

Amid speculation of some Congress legislators walking over to the Bharatiya Janata Party in Goa, Congress on Sunday removed party MLA Michael Lobo as the Leader of the Opposition in the Goa Assembly alleging that he along with Digambar Kamat hatched a conspiracy to 'engineer defections' in coordination with the BJP. Addressing a press conference, AICC Goa in-charge, Dinesh Gundu Rao, said, "Michael Lobo has been immediately removed from the position of Leader of Opposition of Goa. A new leader will be elected. Whatever action has to be taken by law against this kind of defection, anti-party work will follow. Let's see how many people will stay/move. five of our MLAs are here, we are are in touch with some more MLAs &they will be along with us," he added. (Video Credit: ANI)