margao the bjp quepem mandal got a shot in the arm after two councillors of the quepem municipal council qmc who were staunch supporters of the congress joined the saffron party recently along with several others exchairperson and current councillor of the qmc manuel colaco councilor milagrina fernandes former chairperson tereza travasso and other elected members of the panchayats from sanguem constituency entered the bjp fold last week along with their supporters though colaco was associated with the congress for long he had contested the last assembly elections on the ugdp ticket against the congress candidate chandrakant babu kavlekar and lost he had however polled nearly 4000 votes colaco addressing the gathering at a simple function held in quepem to welcome the new entrants into the bjp said that his decision was driven by his realization that bjp had it in it to fulfill the promises that it had given to the electorate before the last elections urban development minister francis dsouza minister for art and culture dayanand mandrekar sanguem mla subhash phaldesai chairman of the state law commission narendra sawaikar were among those who were present on the occasion