Pramod Sawant takes oath as Goa CM for 2nd consecutive term in presence of PM Modi, JP Nadda
28 Mar 2022 12:02:48
Panaji, March 28: Pramod Sawant on Monday, took oath as the Goa Chief Minister for the second consecutive term at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium. Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai administered the oath to Sawant in a ceremony that was held at Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee stadium near the state capital Panaji.
Vishwajeet Rane, Mauvin Godinho, Ravi Naik, Nilesh Cabral, Subhash Shirodkar, Rohan Khaunte, Atanasio Monserrate, and Govind Gaude also took oath as Ministers today. Before Sawant, Goa for BJP had all been about the former CM Manohar Parrikar, who had also served as Union Minister for Defence. Sawant, 48, is widely known to have been the protege of Parrikar.
Parrikar, a former IIT graduate, was the flag-bearer of the BJP in the coastal state for decades.
Sawant started out as a RSS member and has been seen participating in the Sangh's annual `Sanchalan' program even while being CM.
His career in electoral politics began in 2008 when he was given a BJP ticket from Sankhalim (then Pale) assembly segment, but he lost to Congress candidate Pratap Gauns. He won the seat in 2012 and got reelected in 2017 from the same seat.
The key attendees included Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President JP Nadda, Haryana CM ML Khattar and Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai.
Notably, this was the second time that Goa's chief minister has taken an oath outside the Raj Bhavan premises. Back in 2012, Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the CM at Campal ground in Panaji after the BJP emerged as the single largest party in the House.
Vishwajeet Rane, Mauvin Godinho, Ravi Naik, Nilesh Cabral, Subhash Shirodkar, Rohan Khaunte, Atanasio Monserrate, and Govind Gaude also took oath as Ministers today. Before Sawant, Goa for BJP had all been about the former CM Manohar Parrikar, who had also served as Union Minister for Defence. Sawant, 48, is widely known to have been the protege of Parrikar.
Parrikar, a former IIT graduate, was the flag-bearer of the BJP in the coastal state for decades.
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Pramod Sawant is an Ayurveda medical practitioner and a 3-time MLA from the Sankhalim assembly constituency in the North Goa district. Sawant became Speaker of the state Assembly when the BJP formed government under the leadership of Manohar Parrikar in 2017. He took over as CM after Parrikar's death in March 2019.
Sawant started out as a RSS member and has been seen participating in the Sangh's annual `Sanchalan' program even while being CM.
His career in electoral politics began in 2008 when he was given a BJP ticket from Sankhalim (then Pale) assembly segment, but he lost to Congress candidate Pratap Gauns. He won the seat in 2012 and got reelected in 2017 from the same seat.