PANAJI: Mohiddin alias Arif, son of former Minister Sheikh Hassan Haroon from Mormugao on Tuesday joined the Congress.
He stopped from Trinamool Congress (TMC) after joining a party in October last year.
He said he had joined the Congress for the progress of the country.
He was welcomed to a party by opposition leader drawing KAmat.
“I joined TMC considering it would like Congress, but the picture was different, so I resigned.
I pulled other leaders to return to Congress.” Mohiddin said.
He said he would work to get Sankalp Amonkar, who had become a Congress candidate for Mormugao, elected.
Another reason, he said, because it stopped from TMC was the sound to be split.
Amonkar said the Sheikh family had been well respected in the community for their work for the sake of Goans.
“With him joining the Congress, the party will be strengthened,” he said.
Kamat said many joined the Congress in the past few days, and it showed the support of Congress has been collected.
Haroon late, Kamat said, was chosen for five terms.
“His son (Arif) has a good relationship with people.
Congress will benefit from joining,” Kamat said.
Along with Mohiddin, Saquib Sheikh, Masood Sheikh, Safe Sheikh, Ishfaq Munshi and others also joined Congress on Tuesday.