Pramod Sawant to take oath as Goa CM on March 28
Panaji, March 22 : Pramod Sawant will take oath as the Chief Minister of Goa on March 28 and Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony, sources said.
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Notably, Pramod Sawant today said that he has invited PM Narendra Modi, Union Minister home minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda for his swearing-in ceremony. Sawant along with the BJP leaders met Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai on Monday to stake a claim to form the government.
In the recently concluded state Assembly polls, the BJP emerged as the single largest party in Goa, winning 20 seats in the 40-member state Assembly and reducing Congress to 11 seats.
The BJP fell one seat short of the majority figure in Goa but is set to retain power in the state with the help of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and independent candidates.
Earlier in the day, Union Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) central observer for Goa Narendra Singh Tomar stated that the party has unanimously elected Sawant to be the Chief Minister again.
"Vishwajit Rane proposed the name of Pramod Sawant as the Leader of the Legislative Party and everyone unanimously elected him as the Leader. He will be the Leader of the Legislative Party for the next 5 years," Tomar had said.
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