Another Cong MLA resigns from Goa Assembly, joins BJP
Ahead of the 2017 polls in Goa, Congress MLA Pandurang Madkaikar on Thursday resigned from the state Assembly and joined the BJP. Madkaikar, a three-time MLA and former state Transport Minister, is the second Congress MLA to quit the party ahead of the polls. Earlier, Mauvin Godinho had on December 16 quit the party to join the ruling BJP.