Lagatar24 Desk
Panaji: Three-time MLA Pramod Sawant, who led the BJP to 20 seats in the recently concluded elections to the 40-member Goa Assembly, will be sworn in for the second time as the state’s chief minister on Monday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other dignitaries.
At 11 a.m., the swearing-in event will take place at the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee stadium on Monday. The celebration will be attended by Prime Minister Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, according to a government spokesperson. More than 10,000 people are expected to attend the event at the stadium, and the swearing-in ceremony will be televised live on several news stations around the coastal state.
Meanwhile, Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai has called a two-day session of the new Assembly to begin on March 29, during which Sawant is expected to seek a vote of confidence, according to authorities.
During the session, a new Speaker will be elected, and they expect to complete a variety of legislative tasks, including bill passage and a vote-on-account (a procedure for dealing with the government’s short-term spending demands), they stated.
While the opposition, backed by the Congress, has nominated MLA Aleixo Sequeira for Speaker, the BJP is set to reveal its candidate on Sunday.
