Goa Legislative Assembly Speaker Ramesh Tawadkar has rejected a disqualification petition filed by Goa Congress President Amit Patkar against former party MLAs Digambar Kamat and Michael Lobo. The petition, filed in July 2022, cited Kamat and Lobo’s perceived alignment with the BJP while still members of the Congress. Tawadkar confirmed the dismissal, promising detailed reasons in a forthcoming public order. This decision follows Kamat and Lobo’s defection to the BJP, along with six others, in September 2022, coinciding with the petition’s submission.