{"id":310653,"date":"2019-03-18T14:36:31","date_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=310653"},"modified":"2019-03-18T14:36:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T14:36:31","slug":"pramod-sawant-to-be-next-goa-chief-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/pramod-sawant-to-be-next-goa-chief-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Pramod Sawant to be next Goa Chief Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-310654 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/sawant-280x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"459\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/sawant-280x300.jpg 280w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/sawant-391x420.jpg 391w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/sawant.jpg 491w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 459px) 100vw, 459px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Pramod Sawant, the Goa Assembly\u2019s Speaker is set to be the next chief minister of the coastal state after Manohar Parrikar&#8217;s death on Sunday, sources said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Goa Forward Party&#8217;s Vijay Sardesai and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party&#8217;s (MGP) Sudhin Dhavalikar will be deputy Chief Ministers, sources added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Both had initially demanded the chief minister&#8217;s position.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sudhin Dhavalikar had earlier said that he has sacrificed many times by supporting the BJP and now he has put in his demand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Vijay Sardesai was also seeing himself as a candidate for the top job.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, who arrived in Goa soon after Parrikar&#8217;s death on Sunday evening held meetings with allies till early morning but not reached any conclusion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A delegation of Goa Congress today met Governor Mridula Sinha at the Raj Bhavan to stake claim to form the government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All the 14 Congress MLAs led by Leader of the Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar went to Raj Bhawan and handed over a letter to Mridula Sinha.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pramod Sawant, the Goa Assembly\u2019s Speaker is set to be the next chief minister of the coastal state after Manohar Parrikar&#8217;s death on Sunday, sources said. Goa Forward Party&#8217;s Vijay Sardesai and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party&#8217;s (MGP) Sudhin Dhavalikar will be deputy Chief Ministers, sources added. Both had initially demanded the chief minister&#8217;s position. 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