Ten out of the total 11 Congress MLAs in Goa attended a meeting chaired by AICC General Secretary Mukul Wasnik in Panaji on Monday night, 11 July, quashing speculations of a rift in the party.
Former Leader of Opposition Michael Lobo, Congress Goa desk in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao, and state party president Amit Patkar were among those in attendance at the meeting which reportedly went on for over two hours at the state party headquarters.
Former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat was the only Congress legislator from the state who remained absent.
Meanwhile, Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Tuesday asserted that "the BJP has nothing to do with the rebellion in the Congress Legislature Party."
After the five Congress MLAs – Michael Lobo, Digambar Kamat, Kedar Naik, Rajesh Faldesai and Delialah Lobo – went incommunicado on Sunday, Congress president Sonia Gandhi had asked Wasnik to rush to Goa.