Panaji: Convinced by BJP national president Amit Shah to join the party, Congress MLAs Dayanand Sopte and Subhash Shirodkar on Tuesday resigned as members of Goa legislative assembly and will join BJP in the evening in Delhi.
Sopte and Shirodkar on Monday night had left from Goa to Delhi to meet Shah over changing their political affiliations. After meeting Shah in Delhi Both former congressman have faxed their resignations to the speaker of Goa legislative assembly.