Ex-Goa CM Kamat leaves for Delhi amid rumours of joining BJP
Senior Congress leader Digambar Kamat left for New Delhi on Sunday, amid speculation that he may join the ruling BJP, though the former chief minister denied any such move.
Speculations were rife that Kamat may be inducted into the BJP and given a major position in the state government, considering Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's deteriorating health.
Kamat was second in command in the BJP till 2005 when he switched over to the Congress.
The senior Congress leader, who held reigns of the state from 2007 to 2012, left for Delhi on Sunday.
"I am leaving for Delhi on a business trip. It is purely personal," Kamat said before boarding the flight to Delhi from the Goa airport.
Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Girish Chodankar accused the BJP of spreading rumours about Kamat.
"This is a game plan of the BJP's dirty tricks department which is spreading rumours to malign the image of Kamat and the Congress," he said.
Chodankar also alleged that the BJP was trying to scare its own ...