THE Maharashtra Gomantak Party (MGP) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Goa Sudin Dhavalikar has demanded that the anti-defection law be amended as regional parties are becoming its biggest casualties.
“The manner in which the changes are taking place is not good, it is not good for Goa, not good for society and if an intervention is not made, it will be a big mistake,” Dhavalikar said, speaking on 10 Congress MLAs joining the BJP.
Dhavalikar pointed out that the number of MLAs keeping ideology aside and jumping ship has only increased over the years. “If you sit with a sheet, only Pratap Sing Rane (Congress MLA) and I am left,” he said.
Rane, he said, completed his full term, resigned and then chose the Congress “based on ideology”. “I have been in MGP since my karyakarta days. There are difficult years but I have never left my party,” he added.