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Babu Azgaokar quits BJP, Inducted in Rane ministry Digital Goa News Service Panaji, Dec 8 -- Babush Monseratte today fired another salvo by getting BJP MLA Babu Azgaokar to quit BJP and membership of legislative assembly to join Congress. Babu who handed over his resignation letter to Speaker Francisco Sardinha this morning, was inducted in the Rane cabinet by afternoon. This development has changed the equation in the Goa Legislative Assembly which is to go for fresh mandate this year. With the resignation of Azagaokar, the strength of the BJP in the 40 member state Legislative Assembly is reduced to 14 with two of its MLAs undergoing disqualification. The Congress has 18 MLAS, NCP has two, MGP one and independent one. Justifying his decision to join Congress, Azgaokar charged that BJP was a communal party dominated by strong RSS lobby. "My heart was always with Congress", he added. Reacting to this development, BJP leader Manohar Parrikar played it down saying Babu's Congress entry was always expected. "Babu always believed in power and money politics rather than politics of principle" he said. -- DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England Question: Someone please clarify; I was under the impression that one could not cross the floor without resigning as an MLA ?
