PANAJI
A day after he resigned as a legislator, Rohan Khaunte on Thursday said he will be formally joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday at its headquarters in the capital city.
In a handout distributed to people in his Porvorim constituency, Khaunte urged his supporters to join him in his "onward journey towards a progressive Porvorim with the BJP Goa."
He will become the third legislator, after former chief minister Ravi Naik and former minister Jayesh Salgaonkar, to quit the membership of the House and switch allegiance to the BJP ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls.
In his handout, which he also laced with 'season's greetings' Khaunte said: “While thanking you all from the bottom of my heart for the decade long support & love showered upon me, I wish to inform you all that in consultation with my supporters and well-wishers I have decided to join the BJP to ensure the continuity of Porvorim’s development as well as imbibe a culture of inclusiveness and togetherness.”
Khaunte said, he will be joining on Friday and requested them to join him at Mahalaxmi Temple in Panaji at 10 am to seek the blessings of Goddess Mahalaxmi and thereafter the formal joining at the BJP office at 11 am.
Khaunte has represented Porvorim in the Goa legislative assembly for two terms from 2012.
