I am in Congress: Digambar Kamat after defection allegations

Following the allegations of hatching a defection conspiracy in the Goa unit of the Congress party former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Monday said that he is shocked and stunned and the words of partys state in charge Dinesh Gundu Rao have deeply hurt himKamat also asked the Congress leaders to look at his performance in the party and said that he has led the party from the frontThe remarks of the Congress leader came a day after Rao alleged that Kamat along with Michael Lobo was conspiring against their own party leaders in tandem with the BJPI saw a video of the presser of Dinesh Gundu Rao Congress Goa incharge which is being circulated I am shocked and stunned it has hurt me beyond words Dinesh Rao was at my place on Saturday night I told him my position then Kamat said while speaking to the reporters hereBecause of your humiliation towards me after the elections my workers are angry Im also deeply hurt So for the time being I said I am not going to accept any responsibility Once Im fit well see Rumours about me joining BJP have been spreading since 2017 he addedStating that he would have gone if he wanted to go Kamat said that he went all out for Congress yet the party changed him from the position of the leader of the OppositionIf I wanted to go Id have gone No one can stop me But still I led the party from the front I went all out And suddenly they changed me from LoP when the results came in I dont know why he made such a statement Im in Congress you can see my performance Kamat saidNotably Congress on Sunday also sacked Michael Lobo as the Leader of Opposition in the Goa Assembly for alleged conspiracy to engineer defectionsCongress said that the BJP was trying for a 23rd split and offered huge amounts of money to party legislatorsCongress alleged that Lobo along with Digambar Kamat hatched a conspiracy to engineer defections in total coordination with the BJPThis conspiracy was led by two of our own leaders Leaders of Opposition Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat Both these people had been working in total coordination with BJP One person Digambar Kamat did it to safeguard his own skin because so many cases are against him and the other person Michael Lobo for the sake of power and position BJP wants to finish Opposition Rao saidRao said that a new leader will be elected for the post of Leader of OppositionA new leader will be elected Whatever action has to be taken by law against this kind of defection antiparty work will follow Lets see how many people will staymove Five of our MLAs are here we are in touch with some more MLAs and theyll be along with us he saidRao asserted that the Congress party will not be disheartened or weakenedWe will take up this issue in a more aggressive manner We will inform the people that this betrayal is being engineered by two people for the sake of power and personal gain he addedAmid rumours that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the ruling BJP Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly Ramesh Tawadkar on Sunday cancelled the notification announcing elections for the post of Deputy SpeakerEarlier on Sunday Congress MLA and wife of Michael Lobo Delilah Lobo was seen leaving the residence of CM and BJP leader Pramod SawantMeanwhile Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has asked party MP Mukul Wasnik to rush to the coastal state to oversee the latest political developmentsCongress leader KC Venugopal tweeted Congress President Sonia Gandhi has asked MP Mukul Wasnik to rush to Goa to oversee the latest political developments in the stateThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever