New Delhi > Two Congress MLAs, who resigned from the Goa Assembly, are set to join BJP amid its vigorous efforts to strengthen the thin majority of its alliance government in the state. Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte met BJP president Amit Shah here on Tuesday and later said they will be joining the party.
BJP sources claimed more opposition MLAs may join its ranks.
Both legislators have quit as MLAs. Their departure will bring down the effective strength of the 40-member state assembly, denting the Congress' attempts to cobble up a majority to replace the Manohar Parrikar-led alliance government.
Parrikar has been critically ill for a while, causing some unrest among a few of the BJP's allies.
The strength of the Congress, which has so far been the single largest party with 16 MLAs, will now come down to 14, same as that of BJP.
