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The rumours about a split were triggered by a meeting of Congress MLAs that took place on Saturday night.

Amid rumours that some Congress MLAs may cross over to the ruling BJP, Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, Ramesh Tawadkar on Sunday cancelled the notification announcing elections for the post of Deputy Speaker.

Congress MLA Aleixo Sequeira on Sunday said that as many as seven MLAs have been a part of the meeting at a hotel in Goas Margao, amid rumours of a split in the Goa Congress.

All India Congress Committee (AICC) Goa in-charge Dinesh Gundu Rao on Sunday evening said a conspiracy was hatched by two of their leaders LoP Michael Lobo and Digambar Kamat with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) "to engineer defections".

The Congress sacked its Goa MLA Michael Lobo as Leader of the Opposition amid rumours of defections.

Ealrlier, Congress MLA Aleixo Sequeira on Sunday said that as many as seven MLAs have been a part of the meeting at a hotel in Goa's Margao, amid rumours of a split in the Goa Congress.

Concerned over the alarm raised by Goa Congress leader Dinesh Gundu Rao of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) conspiring to engineer defection in the party as five party MLAs go incommunicado, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi has asked party MP Mukul Wasnik to rush to the coastal state to oversee the latest political developments.

After sacking Michael Lobo as the Leader of Opposition in the Goa Assembly for alleged conspiracy to engineer defections, Congress said that the BJP was trying for a 2/3rd split and offered huge amounts of money to party legislators.