Pramod Sawant, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP,) on the 19th of March, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa.
The oath taking ceremony was held at around 2:00 A.M., at the Raj Bhavan, Panaji, Goa. Apart from Pramod Sawant, Vijay Sardesai, the President of the Goa Forward Party, and Sudin Dhavalikar, a leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP,)were sworn in as the Deputy Chief Ministers of Goa.
Nine Cabinet ministers, who were already in charge during Manohar Parrikar’s Government, were also inducted into the Cabinet again.
The nine Ministers who were sworn in include, Manohar Azgaonkar, Rohan Khaunte, Govind Gaude, Vinod Palienkar, Jayesh Salgaonkar, Mauvin Godinho, Vishwajit Rane, Milind Naik and Nilesh Cabral.
The decision to make Pramod Sawant the next CM of Goa after the demise of Manohar Parrikar, the former CM of Goa, was taken by the BJP.
Manohar Parrikar passed away, on the 17th of March, due to pancreatic cancer.
The BJP, after the funeral ceremony of Mr. Parrikar, held a meeting and presented Pramod Sawant’s name as the next CM of Goa. Though the Indian National Congress (INC) rejected the proposal and claimed to hold the power and form a Government in Goa, Mridula Sinha, the Governor of Goa, gave a chance to the BJP.
The BJP formed a government in Goa by electing Pramod Sawant.
Pramod Sawant expressed his happiness and said, “Parrikar is not amongst us now and the responsibility has been given collectively to me by my party, alliance partners and independent MLAs. This is a big responsibility. Manohar Parrikar was a visionary leader and he had carried out a great body of work for the State.”
Politicians and BJP leaders took to Twitter and congratulated Pramod Sawant for his new position as the Chief Minister of Goa.
#PramodSawant takes oath as #GoaChiefMinister pic.twitter.com/MgRgcMkP8z
— RAHUL THAKUR (@rahulvats199) March 18, 2019
#PramodSawant steps in as the new CM of Goa.
Let’s take the legacy of Manohar Bhaie forward and make his vision for Goa a success!#Goa #GoaCM pic.twitter.com/7EwngynRKu— Chowkidar Amey Govekar (@amey515_) March 18, 2019
