There was a sabotage by party leaders in Goa : Digvijay Singh

"As a strategy I had proposed a secular alliance with regional party headed by Babush Monserratte and Goa Forward headed by Vijai Sardesai,"  Singh said in a series of tweets.

"Our alliance with Babush went through and we won 3 out of 5 but our alliance with Goa Forward was sabotaged by our own leaders. Sad!" he wrote.

The Congress had supported Atanasio (Babush) Monserratte's United Goan party in Panaji constituency and given tickets to four of his supporters.

"Goa Forward won 3 out of 4 (seats) they contested. Had our alliance with Goa Forward gone through we would have been 22," he said .

"Still Digvijaya guilty? I leave it to you to judge,"  he tweeted.

Within the party, Digvijay Singh was widely criticised for being not "quick enough" to garner the support of regional parties to form a Government, even though the party was much ahead of the BJP having bagged 17 seats and needed the support of only four legislators to grab power.

The BJP, which claimed only 13 seats, had the last laugh as it secured the right number by successfully wooing the regional parties.

Singh said  while the Congress is being blamed for deciding late on its legislative party leader in Goa, the BJP is yet to decide its leader in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

"Congress was blamed for being late in deciding its Leader. BJP yet to decide leader in UP and Uttarakhand. Results came on 11th evening."

He said the Congress Legislative Party leader for Punjab was decided on March 13 and for Manipur and Goa on March 12.

"Letter to Governor goes after the leader is chosen, which we did but the Governor took the decision before that," he said.

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