Shiroda: Former BJP Minister Mahadev Naik officially joined Congress party ahead of Shiroda by-election.
Though there was no formal announcement about his candidature from this constituency, Naik was admitted in a partyfold by All India Congress Committee Secretary A Chellakumar, Goa Pradesh Congress Committee President Girish Chodankar and Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar.
Congress had organised a program to induct Naik in the party. Interestingly, Naik has been a former Congressman who had left the party to join BJP.