Goa Speaker says he has accepted merger of CLP into BJP

Goa Speaker says he has accepted merger of CLP into BJP
Image source: Google

Panaji: Goa Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar on Thursday said he had accepted the merger of the state Congress Legislature Party (CLP) into the ruling BJP.

He went through a letter submitted by Congress MLAs and found that they have required numbers, he told reporters.

Eight out of 11 Congress MLAs on Wednesday passed a resolution to merge the legislature party into the BJP.