Panaji: BJP youth leader and former Speaker of the state legislative assembly Pramod Sawant, who on Tuesday was sworn-in as Goa’s 11th Chief Minister, assumed the top political mantle despite never having served as a minister in the state cabinet. Much like Sawant’s mentor and immediate predecessor late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was sworn […]
Panaji: The Congress in Goa has accused Governor Mridula Sinha of “allowing BJP to carry on horse trading” and ignoring repeated requests from the Congress party to stake claim to form a government in Goa, despite being the single largest legislative party. In statement issued here on late Monday night, Goa Congress chief spokesperson Sunil […]
Panaji: Goa stands on the verge of a new but possibly shaky political era, with its tallest leader and Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar cremated with full military and state honours on Monday and the BJP identifying his replacement in Pramod Sawant. However, the elevation of Sawant, currently the Assembly Speaker, has not been fully accepted […]
Panaji: Goa Assembly Speaker Pramod Pandurang Sawant will be sworn in as the new Chief Minister of a BJP-led coalition government on Monday evening by Governor Mridula Sinha, a senior BJP leader said. Sawant, who will be the 11th Chief Minister of the coastal state, will succeed his mentor Manohar Parrikar, who died on Sunday after […]
Panaji: The last rites of Goa Chief Minister and former Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, who died on Sunday after suffering from pancreatic cancer for over a year, were held with full military and state honours at the Miramar beach here on Monday evening. Thousands of supporters and BJP workers accompanied the funeral cortege from the […]
Panaji: The Congress on Monday met Governor Mridula Sinha and staked claim to form the government in Goa, as it is the single largest party in the Legislative Assembly, Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said. Kavlekar told reporters here that Sinha was handed a petition, stating the party’s intention to stake claim to form government. […]
Panaji: Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Monday and paid floral tributes to Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who died on Sunday after a long battle with cancer. Modi met the family of the 63-year-old former Defence Minister at the Kala Academy where his body lay in state. He offered his condolences to the two […]
Panaji: Goa’s new Chief Minister will be sworn in after 3 p.m., state BJP President Vinay Tendulkar announced on Monday. Speaking to reporters, Tendulkar, who was exiting a city resort with Assembly Speaker Pramod Sawant, one of the candidates for the Chief Minister’s post, said that all issues related to government formation would be cleared […]
Panaji: Amid speculation that Goa’s Assembly may be kept in suspended animation due to political turmoil, Congress leader Chandrakant Kavlekar on Monday reached Raj Bhavan to stake claim to form the government. Speaking to reporters outside Raj Bhavan, Leader of Opposition Kavlekar said that Governor Mridula Sinha had not given an appointment to the Congress […]
Panaji: Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday offered his last respects to the mortal remains of late Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar at the state’s BJP headquarters here. Gadkari arrived in the coastal state late Sunday night to negotiate with regional parties and independent MLAs for the formation of a […]
