As Leadership Crisis Brews In Goa, Is This The End Of The Road For The Congress?
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Goa, 28 Sep 2021 12:29 PM GMT
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Congress is facing an existential crisis like no other. It has been hit by desertions and is embroiled in a leadership crisis in Punjab. As if that was not enough, on Monday, September 27, Luizinho Faleiro, former chief minister of Goa and an MLA, resigned from the Congress. He will join the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata on September 29. Only 4 Congress MLAs are remaining.
The Congress, which is also referred to as the Grand Old Party, is facing an existential crisis like no other. It has been hit by desertions and is embroiled in a leadership crisis in Punjab where last week Captain Amarinder Singh resigned as the chief minister. On Tuesday, September 28, the party received another shock as Punjab Congress president Navjot Singh Sidhu resigned from his post.
However, all the drama is not limited to Punjab alone. On Monday, September 27, Luizinho Faleiro, former chief minister of Goa and an MLA, resigned from the Congress. News agency ANI reported that he will join the Trinamool Congress in Kolkata on September 29.
Faleiro is the 13th MLA to leave the party since 2017. He is a seven-term Congress MLA from Navelim in south Goa.
Decline Of The Grand Old Party
Arguments Within Party
Agnelo Fernandes, a former MLA and Faleiro loyalist, however, said that loyalists in the Congress are being side-lined. "This might lead to a revolt. Anything can happen. If leaders like this are on the side-lines, for how long can you take this humiliation? People of Goa had given a mandate when Luizinho was president of the party. Those people who demanded his resignation in 24 hours have quit the Congress and jond joined the BJP.