Senior Congress leader Digambar Kamat left for New Delhi on Sunday, 17 March amid speculation that he may join the ruling BJP, though the former Goa chief minister denied any such move.
Speculations were rife that Kamat may be inducted into the BJP and given a major position in the state government, considering Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's deteriorating health.
Kamat was second in command in the BJP till 2005 when he switched over to the Congress.
The senior Congress leader, who held reins of the state from 2007 to 2012, left for Delhi on Sunday. "I am leaving for Delhi on a business trip. It is purely personal," Kamat said before boarding the flight to Delhi from the Goa airport.