PANAJI: Health minister Vishawjit

on Friday expressed his desire to see his father join him in the

, sparking speculation about veteran Congress MLA and former chief minister

joining the BJP.

The senior Congressman refuted such notions and said that he was happy in the Congress party.

“I would be happy if he would leave Congress and join the BJP. He must be feeling frustrated working with the Congress leadership,” said Rane.

However, his father denied that he was frustrated in the Congress. “I am very happy where I am. I am not frustrated. I am not leaving any party or joining any party,” said the former chief minister.

Rane was in the Congress and won the Valpoi constituency in the 2017 assembly elections on the Congress ticket before quitting the party a day after the results.