Pramod Sawant, former Speaker of the Goa legislative Assembly and BJP MLA from Sankhelim in north Goa, was on early Tuesday morning sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa.
New Delhi: The BJP-led government in Goa, led by new Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, won the floor test to prove its majority in the Assembly on Wednesday.
The government got the support of 20 MLAs, two more than what it needed for a majority, while 15 opposed it.
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The special session of the House was convened by Governor Mridula Sinha to conduct the floor test after Sawant was sworn in as the CM during wee hours of Tuesday.
The government got votes from the Goa Forward Party and the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, which have three MLAs each. Three independent MLAs also supported the coalition. Fourteen Congress MLAs and a Nationalist Congress Party MLA voted against the government.
Sawant’s predecessor, Manohar Parrikar, died on Sunday after a year-long battle with cancer, bringing the strength of the 40-member Assembly down to 36 and the BJP’s tally to 12.
With inputs from PTI
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