PANAJI: In a major political development, 10 members of the Congress legislature party led by opposition leader Chandrakant Kavalekar have split from the party and are likely to join BJP.Winds of change blowing in Karnataka hit the Congress in Goa on Wednesday with the 10 of their 15 MLAs forming a separate group. They met the speaker Rajesh Patnekar asking for a separate sitting in the assembly. The monsoon session of the Goa assembly begins on July 15.Congress which had emerged as the single largest party with 17 MLAs in the 2017 assembly polls is now left with only five MLAs. Those who are not part of Wednesday’s split are four former chief ministers – Pratapsingh Rane, Digambar Kamat, Ravi Naik and Luizinho Faleiro. Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco has also remained with the party.With today’s development, chief minister Pramod Sawant is set to drop all the three ministers from BJP’s ally Goa Forward Party (GFP) – Vijai Sardesai, Jayesh Salgaonkar and Vinod Paliencar.Sources in the BJP say that five new ministers will be inducted. With this development, BJP’s strength in the assembly goes up to 27 in the 40-member house. PANAJI : In a major political development, 10 members of the Congress legislature party led by opposition leader Chandrakant Kavalekar have split from the party and are likely to join BJP.Winds of change blowing in Karnataka hit the Congress in Goa on Wednesday with the 10 of their 15 MLAs forming a separate group. They met the speaker Rajesh Patnekar asking for a separate sitting in the assembly. The monsoon session of the Goa assembly begins on July 15.Congress which had emerged as the single largest party with 17 MLAs in the 2017 assembly polls is now left with only five MLAs. Those who are not part of Wednesday’s split are four former chief ministers – Pratapsingh Rane, Digambar Kamat, Ravi Naik and Luizinho Faleiro. Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco has also remained with the party.With today’s development, chief minister Pramod Sawant is set to drop all the three ministers from BJP’s ally Goa Forward Party (GFP) – Vijai Sardesai, Jayesh Salgaonkar and Vinod Paliencar.Sources in the BJP say that five new ministers will be inducted. With this development, BJP’s strength in the assembly goes up to 27 in the 40-member house.