Before the Goa election, there was another push in the Congress Party MLA and former chief minister Ravi Naik resigned from the post on Tuesday.In October, Luizinho Faleiro, another former Goa Congress chief minister, resigned as MLA and joined the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. Ravi Naik's resignation on Tuesday reduced the number of Congress MLAs in the 40-member Goa Assembly to three. On Tuesday, Robi submitted his resignation letter to Assembly Speaker Rajesh Patnekar He was accompanied by his two sons who joined the BJP last year. Naik submitted his resignation letter to reporters. "I have resigned. I will tell you what my next step will be." However, sources said that he will soon join the BJP in the presence of Devendra Fardanbish, who is in charge of Goa elections.The youngest son, Roy Naik, said he had already requested his father to join the BJP In the 2017 state assembly elections, the Congress won a single majority, winning 17 seats. But the BJP won 13 seats and formed an alliance with some regional parties Soon after, several Congress MLAs joined the BJP
After the 2017 elections, MLA Biswajit Rane resigned from the first Congress and joined the BJP and won the by-elections. He is currently the Health Minister of Goa Soon after Rane resigned from the Congress, two more Congress MLAs, Subhash Shirodkar and Dayanand Sopte, left the Congress to join the BJP. Both won the May 2019 by-elections. The biggest blow to the Goa Congress came in July 2019. When a party of 10 MLAs led by opposition leader Chandrakant Kavlekar left the Congress. Kavalekar is currently serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of the state government headed by Promod Sawant. At present there are only three Congress MLAs in Goa Alexei Reginaldo and Pratap Singh Rane are in Congress with opposition leader Digambar Kamat.