In a video message being circulated on social media on Sunday, the trader, Suryakant Tiwari, claimed that income tax officials told him that he could become "Eknath Shinde of Chhattisgarh" if he frames a CMO official.
A split looked imminent in the Congress when five of its Goa MLAs missed a meeting last week. However, it seems that the rebel MLAs don't have enough numbers to avoid the anti-defection law.