Jose Philip resigns as state NCP chief
PTI, PANAJI | 07 November 2010 20:54 IST
NCP's Goa unit president Jose Philip D'Souza today tendered his resignation from the post, hours before party's fact-finding committee was supposed to submit their report to high command.
D'Souza told PTI this afternoon that he has faxed his resignation to high command in Delhi.
"I have not given any reasons," D'Souza, who was involved in a public brawl with his party colleague Fransisco Micky Pacheco, said.
"If Pacheco feels that he can take the party ahead, I am happy for him," he said adding that he would recommend Pacheco as next Goa unit chief.
The supporters of Pacheco and D'Souza had filed police complaint against each other after both the leaders were involved in a public fight on October 23.
This week, Party high command had commissioned its general secretary Prakash Bhingsale on a fact finding mission.
Bhingsale is supposed to hand over his report to the high command on Monday.
D'Souza had claimed that Pacheco was distributing money asking people to vote against his candidate in municipal poll, Pacheco had denied the charges.
Party sources claimed that D'Souza was called by NCP national leader Praful Patel and he held discussions with him over Goa incident.
NCP is a coalition partner in the Congress-led state government with two out of its three legislators inducted in Digamber Kamat cabinet.
The NCP differs from Congress only in one thing. It was formed because of people were not willing to accept Sonia to be an Indian and be the PM. She royally snubbed the position and her detractors when she had the chance and threw them all off-balance. True grit, indeed! So being secular they could have been in secure position with the electorate. But look at them making a mess of themselves. They should discipline themelves.