When 48-year-old Pramod Sawant was sworn in because the Goa Chief Minister for a second consecutive time period at a grand ceremony at Dr Shyamprasad Mukherjee stadium in Taleigao Monday within the presence of the BJP high brass together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, eight different BJP MLAs additionally took oath as Cabinet ministers together with 4 from the earlier Sawant authorities. A have a look at the brand new Sawant group:
Pramod Sawant
Former Speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly, the three-time MLA from Sanquelim, Pramod Sawant grew to become the CM after the demise of former protection minister and ex-CM Manohar Parrikar in March 2019. Rooted within the RSS, Sawant rose by the ranks within the BJP and had additionally been its Yuva Morcha chief. After taking on as Goa’s 14th CM Monday, he stated: “I am not an accidental CM. I am elected, not selected.”
Vishwajit Rane
Vishwajit Rane, who had stop the Congress to hitch the BJP in 2017, was the well being minister within the earlier Sawant authorities. A five-time MLA from Valpoi, Rane’s position within the BJP’s victory within the neighboring Poreim seat — held by his father and Congress veteran Pratap Singh Rane for 11 phrases — has led to his rise as one other energy heart within the state BJP. His “differences” with Sawant had roiled get together circles previously.
Mauvin Godinho
A seven-time MLA, Mauvin Godinho, is among the many most skilled legislators in Goa. A distinguished Catholic face within the BJP, Godinho, the Dabolim MLA, was the transport minister within the earlier BJP authorities. He had been a three-time Congress legislator, getting elected as soon as on the ticket of a regional outfit, the Goa People’s Party, too. His alternate with Tamil Nadu finance minister Palanivel Thiagrajan on the forty third GST Council assembly final 12 months had made headlines.
Ravi Naik
Among Goa’s most seasoned politicians, Ravi Naik joined the BJP forward of the February 2022 state meeting polls. He was a Congress CM within the Nineties. He has additionally been the one CM from the Bhandari group, a numerically sturdy OBC group that accounts for many of Goa’s Hindus. He first grew to become an MLA from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) within the Sixth Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu. After Goa was granted statehood, he grew to become a Congress MLA 5 instances earlier than switching to the saffron get together in December 2021.
Nilesh Cabral
A 3-time MLA from Curchorem in South Goa, Cabral was the minister for energy and regulation within the earlier Sawant ministry. As the regulation minister, Cabral had final 12 months proposed a compulsory pre-marital counseling for Goa {couples} with a view to deliver down the rising divorce instances within the state. However, the proposal was shelved after the state BJP management opposed it. As the ability minister, he additionally confronted the problem of restoring energy in varied components of the state after it was hit by Cyclone Tauktae in June 2021.
Govind Gaude
In the earlier BJP authorities Gaude was the minister for artwork and tradition and tribal welfare. As an unbiased MLA from Priol, he had then supported the BJP and was inducted into its ministry. This time, Gaude joined the BJP forward of the Assembly polls and gained once more from his seat as he defeated senior MGP chief Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar.
Subhash Shirodkar
One of essentially the most senior legislators within the 40-member Goa House, Shirodkar had been a five-time Congress MLA and even a minister previously Congress governments. He resigned from the Congress in 2018 and contested and gained the bypoll from the Shiroda constituency on the BJP ticket. He had additionally gained his seat within the 1999 election as a Goa People’s Congress Party candidate.
Rohan Khaunte
Rohan Khaunte belongs to the influential Gaud Saraswat Brahmin (GSB) group. He had gained as an Independent MLA from Porvorim in 2017 and have become a minister within the BJP authorities led by then CM Manohar Parrikar after he supported it. However, after 12 MLAs from the Congress and MGP defected to the BJP in 2019 giving the latter a majority, Khaunte and different allies within the Parrikar ministry had been dropped by the Sawant authorities. He has spent the final three years within the Opposition ranks, attacking the Sawant dispensation over a number of points together with the linear initiatives reducing by the Mollem National Park in South Goa. He joined the BJP forward of the Assembly polls and gained his seat.
Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate
A political heavyweight from Tiswadi taluka, Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate, a six-time MLA, has gained Panaji seat this time by defeating Utpal Manohar Parrikar, son of Parrikar, who contested as an Independent candidate after being denied ticket by the BJP from this seat. Monserrate’s spouse Jennifer Monserrate was a minister within the earlier Sawant authorities. She too gained this election from her Taleigao seat. Monserrates had been among the many ten Congress MLAs who had defected to the BJP in 2019. Their son Rohit is the Panaji Corporation mayor. Monserrate had earlier gained elections on the tickets of the Congress in addition to the United Goans Democratic Party. He had additionally confronted prison expenses together with one for attacking the Panaji police station.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
