MARGAO: Congress MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco who celebrated his 50th birthday on Saturday and was praised by the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant scotched rumours of having received any offer from the Bharatiya Janata Party to join them.
“Just yesterday the chief minister praised me for being a good opposition and I do not see how anybody can think of me joining the BJP,” he said while pointing out that even the Leader of Opposition Digambar Kamat and Goa’s longest serving chief minister Pratapsing Rane praised him.
“I shall continue to be a strong opposition member and I shall be humbler because yes I want to go higher,” he said while conceding that his own party the Congress has not appreciated him as much as he deserved.
