Luizinho says Cong will win 23, Reginald predicts only 18 seats

On the other hand, party’s senior MLAs are contradicting claims of their leaders of getting absolute majority in the new Assembly.

The party had an election review meeting in Panaji on Tuesday. 

The meeting was attended by almost all the 34 candidates, except the Ranes. Madgao candidate Digambar Kamat was busy with the bye-poll held on one booth.

Congresss candidates Saifullah Khan from Vasco, Amaranth Panjikar from Aldona and Dharmesh Saglani from Sankhli complained that some party workers worked against them. GPCC president Luizinho Faleiro has assured to take disciplinary action against them. in Panaji on Tuesday. 

Faleiro is confident of forming the Congress government with absolute majority. Earlier, he had claimed 23 seats.

But Congress MLA Alex Reginald Lourenco feels Congress could win at the most18 seats. 

Congress candidate from Mandrem Dayanand Sopte is confident of defeating chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar. Similarly, Mormugao candidate Sankalp Amonkar says minister Milind Naik is defeated.