Panaji, Sep 18 (TIWN): Irked with the deed of eight defectors, who according to them defied and betrayed God by merging into the BJP, some hardcore devotees of Lord Bodgeshwar at Mapusa on Sunday offered nine bananas along with areca nut and betel leaves praying that God should ‘teach them a lesson’.

These devotees, gathered at Lord Bodgeshwar Temple at Mapusa in North Goa, said that eight bananas are in the name of defectors and ninth banana is in the name of those who have welcomed them in the party.  On September 14, former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat, Michael Lobo, Delilah Lobo, Kedar Naik, Sankalp Amonkar, Rajesh Faldesai, Aleixo Sequeira and Rudolf Fernandes merged the Congress party into the BJP.