SGF merges with Congress

The Save Goa Front SGF, a regional party headed by former Congress MLA Churchill Alemao, which has two MLAs in the House, formally merged with the Congress party on Wednesday. With this, the Congress party8217;s now has 18 MLAs in the 40-member Assembly.

The SGF is already a part of the Digambar Kamat Government with Alemao holding the PWD ministry. Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco is the other SGF MLA.

8220;Alemao was always a Congressman8230; He was away from the party over some differences. We are happy that he is back,8221; Goa Chief Minister Digamber Kamat said.

Goa Pradesh Congress Committee president Fransisco Sardinha, who was defeated in the Assembly elections by Lourenco, was also present at the function.