In the split from INC de Souza took with him several local branches of the Congress party and the entire Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (Congress student wing) branches in the state.
I splittringen tog d'Souza med sig flera lokalavdelningar från Kongresspartiet, samt hela Youth Congress (Kongresspartiets ungdomsförbund) och National Students Union of Indias (Kongresspartiets studentförbund) avdelningar i delstaten.