PANJIM, July 5 -- Attempting to quell an open rebellion within the State unit, AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal held crucial one-to-one meetings with resentful Goa Congress leaders on Saturday. Warning that internal infighting would only benefit the BJP, he urged disgruntled members to bury their personal differences and unite to ensure party's victory in the upcoming Assembly polls.

Venugopal experienced the organisational crisis confronting the party ahead of the elections as the meeting underscored the growing factionalism, leadership crisis and simmering resentment triggered by the appointment of Girish Chodankar as the GPCC president.

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