On September 14, eight out of eleven MLAs of Congress in Goa, including former Chief Minister of Goa Digambar Kamat and leader of opposition Michael Lobo joined Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Kishori Pednekar said that she had no idea that terrorist Yakub Memon's kin was also present in the meeting that was over some water logging issue. She added that she has never interacted with them personally.