Goa Cong legislator Vishwajit Rane, who abstained from trust voting, quits party
"I have resigned as MLA. I have also resigned as a member of the Congress party. I am going back to my people for a fresh mandate," Rane told NDTV.
He accused the party of "failing Goa."
Rane said he was yet to decide which party he would join, though he did not rule out going into the BJP fold.
Rane was a frontrunner for Chief Minister if the Congress had formed Government.
He was reportedly upset over the Congress failing to move quickly enough to garner support required to form a Government even though it emerged the single largest party after elections produced a fractured mandate with no party gaining absolute majority on its own.
The Congress won the most seats, 17, but it was the BJP, with only 13 seats, that successfully wooed the smaller parties and individual winners to nudge the rivals out on way to forming a coalition Government.
The son of five-time Congress Chief Minister Pratap Rane has accused the Congress central leader in charge of Goa, Digvijaya Singh, of "mismanagement".
Chief Minister Parrikar sailed through with 22 votes in his favour in the 40-member assembly.
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