Pramod Sawant of BJP took oath as the new chief minister of Goa on Tuesday in a ceremony held at 2am.The deputy chief ministers are likely to be declared by the end of the day.
He took over from former defence minister and four-time CM of Goa Manohar Parrikar, who was cremated at the Miramar beach on Monday.
Apart from the CM and his two deputies, nine other ministers of the state cabinet were also sworn in at the late-night ceremony which were Manohar Azgaonkar, Rohan Khaunte, Govind Gaude, Vinod Palienkar, Jayesh Salgaonkar, Mauvin Godinho, Vishwajit Rane, Milind Naik and Nilesh Cabral. Michael Lobo, currently the deputy speaker, will be speaker till a new one is elected.
Pramod Sawant is an Ayurvedic medical practitioner. His wife Sulakshana Sawant is the president of Goa Mahila Morcha.
Minutes after the swearing-in, Sawant told reporters that he will try his best to meet expectations.
He took over from former defence minister and four-time CM of Goa Manohar Parrikar, who was cremated at the Miramar beach on Monday.
Apart from the CM and his two deputies, nine other ministers of the state cabinet were also sworn in at the late-night ceremony which were Manohar Azgaonkar, Rohan Khaunte, Govind Gaude, Vinod Palienkar, Jayesh Salgaonkar, Mauvin Godinho, Vishwajit Rane, Milind Naik and Nilesh Cabral. Michael Lobo, currently the deputy speaker, will be speaker till a new one is elected.
Pramod Sawant is an Ayurvedic medical practitioner. His wife Sulakshana Sawant is the president of Goa Mahila Morcha.
Minutes after the swearing-in, Sawant told reporters that he will try his best to meet expectations.
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