Ex-Goa CM quits Congress, sons in BJP
December 07, 2021 12:19
Former Goa chief minister Ravi Naik
In another setback to the Congress ahead of Goa polls, party MLA and former chief minister Ravi Naik tendered his resignation from the state Assembly on Tuesday.
In October this year, former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro had resigned as Congress MLA and later join the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.
With Naik's resignation, the Congress' strength in the 40-member state Assembly has been reduced to three.
Naik, who represented Ponda seat in Goa, submitted his resignation to Legislative Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar.
He was accompanied by his two sons, who joined the ruling BJP last year.
"I have resigned. I will let you know what is the next course of action," Naik told reporters here after submitting his resignation.
According to sources, Naik is expected to join the BJP later in the day in the presence of the party's Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis.
Ravi Naik's younger son Roy Naik said he has requested his father to join the BJP. In the 2017 state Assembly polls, the Congress had emerged as the single largest party by winning 17 seats.
However, the BJP, which had won 13 seats, forged an alliance with some regional outfits and independents to form government in the coastal state.
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