Pramod Sawant is considered close to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and was pictured participating in an RSS event during his first term as the CM.
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 decimated Congress to 11 seats.
Sitting Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has been elected as the leader of the legislative party and new CM of the state.
The name of the next chief minister of Uttarakhand will be announced at the Legislative Party meeting scheduled to take place in the evening today.
Pramod Sawant was handpicked by the BJP to head the government in Goa after the demise of Manohar Parrikar in 2019.
Gehlot remarks came after Sibal triggered a row with his comments that the Gandhis should step aside and give other leaders a chance to lead the Congress.
Sources said that BJP chief JP Nadda, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and party national General Secretary, Organisation, BL Santhosh were present in the meeting, chaired by Modi.
Girish Chodankar was at the helm of affairs of the Congress during the recent elections held for the 40-member Goa Assembly.
Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge said that they all told Sonia Gandhi that she alone is not responsible for the defeat of the Congress party in 5 states but every state leader, MP is responsible, not Gandhi family alone.
The BJP emerged as the single largest party in Goa winning 20 seats in the 40-member state assembly and decimated Congress to 11 seats.
BJP, which has been promised support by three Independent MLAs, will stake claim to form a government in the coastal state on Monday.
The crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting after the poll debacle in 5 states is underway in Delhi. Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Ambika Soni, Salman Khurshid, Ajay Maken, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, P Chidambaram, Ashok Gehlot, other leaders present.
The order stated that the Election Commission of India has published the constitution of the new legislative assembly for Goa.
Rane met the governor after the latter dissolved the state Legislative Assembly, whose term expires on March 15.
The BJP has emerged as the single political party in the just held Goa Assembly polls, winning 20 of the 40 Assembly seats. The party enjoys the support of three Independents and two MGP MLAs.
The BJP has emerged as the single political party in the just held Goa Assembly polls, winning 20 of the 40 Assembly seats. The party enjoys the support of three Independents and two MGP MLAs.
Mahesh Amonkar alleged that he did not get moral and financial support from the party during the last leg of the campaign for the Goa elections.
Those among the top contenders for leading the state legislature include Mavin Godinho, Vishwajit Rane, Nilesh Cabral, Govind Gawade, Babush Monserrate, Rohan Khawante, Ravi Naik, Subhash Shirodkar, Subhash Faldesai, Neelkanth Halrankar, and Alex Reginald along with Pramod Sawant.
The lowest victory margin of 76 was recorded in St Andre constituency in North Goa, where Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP), a new political outfit in the state, made its debut by defeating BJP candidate and sitting MLA Francis Silveira.
Devendra Fadnavis, who is BJP's election in-charge for Goa, thanked the people of the state for reposing trust in the party and dedicated its poll performance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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