PANJIM, Dec. 4 -- Day after resigning as MLA, Jayesh Salgaonkar defected to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday.
In what could be a show of strength by the then Goa Forward Party leader, whose induction into the BJP was opposed by party functionaries from Saligao, huge supporters thronged the BJP headquarters in Panjim where his entry was held in the presence of Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant, BJP State President Sadanand Shet Tanavade and other senior leaders.
"Jayesh has joined BJP for the development of his constituency. Many more leaders will join in the days to come," the CM said as he also took a jibe at GFP for using Salgaonkar to call itself a Bahujan Samaj Party.
The ex-Saligao MLA said he took this step to serve the people ...