Panaji:
Goa minister Michael Lobo quit the BJP today, just a month before polls in the state, saying it is “no longer a party for the common man”. The BJP said “a few defections” driven by greed would not hurt the party at all.
Reports suggest he is heading to the Congress in a reversal of the trend in the past few years.
Michael Lobo, who has a strong influence over at least half a dozen of Goa’s 40 constituencies, will be seen as a big catch for the Congress, which barely missed taking power after the 2017 election.
“I have resigned from both the posts (minister and MLA). I will see what steps are to be taken next. I have also resigned from the BJP,” Michael Lobo, who was in charge of the state waste management department, told reporters.
