After securing 20 seats in the 40-member Goa Assembly in the recently ended elections, Pramod Sawant will be sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time today. After the BJP won 20 seats, one short of a majority in the 40-member House, Pramod Sawant, a three-time MLA from the state, will be named CM. The BJP has received backing from three independent MLAs and two members from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, and others will attend the event at 11 a.m. in Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium close here.
In an interview with ANI, Pramod Sawant stated, “All Chief Ministers, Union Ministers, top-ranking businesspeople, and missionaries have been invited. It’s a free and open programme. I’ll be meeting with the general public soon. The event is still being planned.”
Pramod Sawant (48) is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing Sankhalim in North Goa. When the BJP established its administration in 2017 under Manohar Parrikar’s leadership, he was chosen Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. After Parrikar’s death in March 2019, he was sworn in for the first time as chief minister. When the coastal state, like the rest of the country, was hit by the COVID-19 epidemic, Sawant, an Ayurveda medical practitioner, was in charge.
Meanwhile, the Goa Traffic Police have released new instructions ahead of Goa Chief Minister-designate Pramod Sawant’s inauguration on Monday.
Due to the visit of VVIPs, traffic movement from NIO Circle, Dona Paula to GMC Bambolim is prohibited from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from 12 p.m. to 12.30 p.m.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Goa on March 28 to attend the swearing-in event at Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium in Taleigao, according to a press release from the Goa Police Department.
Traffic arrangements have been established in light of this. Buses arriving for the occasion should use the road through GMC junction and then the Goa University road to the parking lot adjacent to the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium for bus parking.
For security reasons, vehicular traffic will be limited on the road from NIO Circle, Dona Paula to GMC Bambolim from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and from noon to 12.30 p.m. during the VVIPs’ visit to the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium, according to the police.
Motorists are asked not to park their cars on the VVIP path, to plan their travel well in advance and to use an alternate route for their further journey, and to cooperate with Traffic Police to guarantee a smooth flow of traffic during the Prime Minister’s visit, according to the State Police.
