Goa, Feb. 20 -- Faleiro has clearly said that Singh stopped him from giving a letter to the Governor staking claim to form the government, and that in protest he refused the post of Congress Legislative Party leader that was offered to him. Faleiro has also said he is not in the running for a party ticket for the Lok Sabha polls, following some speculation that he may be the party's nominee.

This frank admission by the MLA, who was the frontrunner from the party for the post of chief minister in 2017 after having led the Congress to becoming the single largest party in the Assembly, opens up the debate once again of how tardiness on the part of the Congress on the night after the results led to the Bharatiya Janata Party forging a coalitio...