Pramod Sawant takes oath as Chief Minister of Goa for second term
Pramod Sawant was handpicked by the BJP to head the government in Goa after the demise of Manohar Parrikar in 2019. This is his second term as the CM.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Sawant on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Goa for the second consecutive term. Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai administered him the oath of office and secrecy at an event organised at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Stadium, Panaji. Eight other BJP MLAs also took oath as Cabinet ministers today. The event was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and other Ministers. BJP national president JP Nadda and Chief Ministers of several BJP-ruled states including Manohar Lal Khattar (Haryana), Shivraj Singh Chauhan (Madhya Pradesh), Pushkar Singh Dhami (Uttarakhand) and others also attended the ceremony. Pramod Sawant led the BJP to win 20 seats in the recently concluded elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly. The party enjoys the support of three Independents and two Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) legislators. This is the third consecutive government of the BJP in the coastal state.
8 Ministers take oath in Goa
BJP’s Vishwajit Rane, Mauvin Godinho, Ravi Naik, Nilesh Cabral, Subhash Shirodkar, Rohan Khaunte, Govind Gaude, & Atanasio Monserrate, take oath as Goa’s cabinet ministers.
Pramod Sawant takes oath as Goa Chief Minister for the 2nd consecutive term pic.twitter.com/eaQVS46583
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2022
Pramod Sawant takes oath as Chief Minister
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Sawant on Monday took oath as the Chief Minister of Goa for the second consecutive term. Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai administered him the oath of office and secrecy at an event organised at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Stadium, Panaji.
Pramod Sawant takes oath as Goa Chief Minister for the 2nd consecutive term pic.twitter.com/eaQVS46583
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2022
PM Modi reaches venue
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached the venue in Panaji where Pramod Sawant will take oath as the Chief Minister of Goa for second term.
PM Narendra Modi attends the oath-taking ceremony of CM-designate Pramod Sawant, at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Goa. pic.twitter.com/4SoEwPPj5e
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2022
JP Nadda reaches the venue
Goa | BJP President JP Nadda, Haryana CM ML Khattar and Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai arrive at Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium for the oath-taking ceremony of CM-designate Pramod Sawant
Prime Minister Modi has also arrived at Panaji to attend the oath ceremony pic.twitter.com/6Ynsd3aLop
— ANI (@ANI) March 28, 2022
News Credit: India TV News
