Trinamool Congress's (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP and former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro has tendered his resignation from the Upper House of Parliament, party sources said on Tuesday.
'They just want to show that the Congress is in disarray.'
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi has directed party leaders of five election-bound states to keep candidates with criminal background out.
The Aam Aadmi Party, which entered the fray with much fanfare, failed to make any impact at the hustings.
The two parties, however, are in a neck-and-neck race in Manipur and Goa.