Panaji Mar 28 PTI Goa BJP chief Sadanand Shet Tanavade on Monday said a decision on three state cabinet berths currently vacant will be taken within a month or two He was speaking to reporters minutes after Pramod Sawant took as the Goas chief minister and eight other BJP MLAs were sworn in as cabinet ministers at a function near here The induction of three more ministers in the state cabinet would be done within a month or twoTanavade said but refused to reveal whether those berths will be filled by non-BJP legislators Besides chief minister the Goa cabinet can have 11 more ministers In the elections to the 40-member state Assembly held last month the BJP won 20 seats one short of a simple majority in the House Three independent MLAs and two legislators of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party MGP have extended support to the BJP A group of BJP MLAs had recently opposed the induction of MGP into the state cabinet They had said the BJP did not require the support of the Deepak Dhavalikar-led political outfit Last week BJP MLA Govind Gaude had said the MGP legislators should not be inducted into the cabinet as they had contested the Assembly polls against the BJP in alliance with the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress TMC PTI RPS GK GK

New Delhi [India], March 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday congratulated newly sworn-in Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other state Cabinet ministers who were administered the oath of the office.

Panaji (Goa) [India], March 28 (ANI): The Pramod Sawant led Goa Cabinet sported new faces after four former ministers, which included a few who had left the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead of the state polls, missing from the new government.

Panaji (Goa) [India], March 25 (ANI): The first session of the new Goa assembly will be held on March 29.

Panaji Mar 21 PTI Chief Minister-designate Pramod Sawant on Monday said his incoming government will work with full transparency and take forward the mission of Swayampurna Goa 20 which is an extension of Prime Minister Narendra Modis Aatmanirbhar Bharat programmeTalking to reporters here soon after being elected the BJP legislature party leader giving him a second term as CM Sawant said creation of adequate infrastructure and human development would be the focus areas of the state government in the next five yearsHe said his outgoing government had successfully implemented Swayampurna Goa 10 and its second version will be executed with even more vigourSwayampurna Goa is an extension of Prime Minister Modis Aatmanirbhar Bharat scheme which will be implemented across the state with thrust on self-sufficiency he saidUnder the programme a state government officer is appointed as Swayampurna Mitra who visits a designated panchayat or municipality interacts with people coordinates with multiple departments and ensures that benefits of various welfare schemes reach the targeted populationHe said he will take along non-BJP legislators who have extended their support to the new governmentWe will work with full transparency taking into confidence the parties which have extended their support to the government We all will work together he saidThe BJP has received support from the regional outfit MGP which has two MLAs and three Independent legislators putting their combined strength in the 40-member Assembly at 25 above simple majority mark of 21 The ruling party won 20 seats in the February 14 Assembly polls results of which were announced on March 10He said the BJP will continue giving good governance in the coastal state PTI RPS RSY RSY

Panaji Mar 21 PTI Pramod Sawant was on Monday unanimously elected the leader of the BJP legislature party in Goa paving the way for him to take over as the chief minister for a second termSawants name for the top post was cleared at a meeting of the newly elected BJP MLAs and senior party leaders in Panaji in the evening The meeting was also attended by BJP central observers Narendra Singh Tomar and L Murugan Assembly poll in-charge Devendra Fadnavis and the partys state unit president Sadanand Shet TanavadeIt has been decided that Dr Pramod Sawant would be the leader of the House Tomar told reporters after the meetingTomar said MLA Vishwajit Rane proposed Sawants name as the leader of the BJP legislature party His proposal was seconded by other MLAs including Mauvin Godinho and Rohan KhaunteTomar said Sawants election was unanimousHe said the party will now stake a claim to form the next government in GoaThe BJP won 20 seats just one short of majority in the 40-member Assembly in the February 14 polls It has received support from two MLAs of the MGP and three Independent legislators PTI RPS VT RSY RSY

Miramar (Goa) [India], March 12 (ANI): Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) president Deepak Dhavalikar on Saturday said that BJP would have won at least 25-26 seats in Goa if they had an alliance with MGP.

Panaji (Goa) [India], March 10 (ANI): With Bharatiya Janata Party winning 20 seats out of the 40-seated Goa assembly, the party's Goa election in-charge Devendra Fadnavis said that it will form a full majority government in the coastal state with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak (MGP) and three independent MLAs' support.

Panaji (Goa) [India], March 10 (ANI): Accepting defeat in Goa, Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday said that the Congress lost by a 'very small' margin.

New Delhi [India], March 8 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party's central leadership is in talks with Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) over the possibility of the post-poll alliance if the party falls short of the majority mark, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.