Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday appointed Yuri Alemao as the leader of its legislature party in the Goa Assembly. This comes days after eight Congress MLAs including Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Rajesh Faldessai, Sankalp Amonkar, Rodolfo Fernandes and Aleixo Sequeira joined the BJP. Alemao will lead the legislature party that now consists of three MLAs.