Govt notifies merger

Panaji: The government has issued a notification on July 10 regarding merger of two-third of the Indian National Congress Legislature Party into Bharatiya Janata Party.

“Therefore, the Speaker has taken note of the same and accordingly, seats are allotted to these ten members along with members of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the House,” the notification adds.

Citing the names of the ten Congress legislators, the notification points out that these ten members of the House had decided to merge into the Bharatiya Janata Party and a communication to that effect has been addressed to the Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly.