Delhi, March 16: Pramod Sawant and N Biren Singh – the current Chief Minister in Goa and Manipur – are likely to get second terms, sources said. This comes a day after a meeting was held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in New Delhi to discuss the government formation in four states where BJP had won including Goa and Manipur.
As per the sources, BJP’s central leadership has approved the names of Pramod Sawant and N Biren Singh for the post of chief minister of Goa and Manipur respectively.
Earlier during the day, Pramod Sawant and N Biren Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The BJP has won the Assembly polls in Goa for the third time in a row and for the first time got the majority on its own in Manipur.
In a tweet after meeting N Biren Singh, PM Modi said that “Met Shri @NBirenSingh Ji and congratulated him on @BJP4Manipur’s stupendous victory in the recently concluded Assembly Polls. Our Party is committed to working even harder to fulfil the aspirations of the people of Manipur.”
Met Shri @NBirenSingh Ji and congratulated him on @BJP4Manipur’s stupendous victory in the recently concluded Assembly Polls. Our Party is committed to working even harder to fulfil the aspirations of the people of Manipur. pic.twitter.com/tyV4dRQLnn
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 16, 2022
In a tweet after meeting Sawant, Prime Minister Modi said: “Met @DrPramodPSawant and the team of @BJP4Goa. Our party is grateful to the people of Goa for blessing us yet again with the mandate to serve the state. We will keep working for Goa’s progress in the times to come.”
Met @DrPramodPSawant and the team of @BJP4Goa. Our party is grateful to the people of Goa for blessing us yet again with the mandate to serve the state. We will keep working for Goa’s progress in the times to come. pic.twitter.com/9yOio7A4Ac
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) March 16, 2022
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Pramod Sawant expected to meet Union home minister Amit Shah, BJP chief JP Nadda and party national general secretary (organization) BL Santhosh, and others to discuss the formation of the new BJP government in Goa. Goa BJP president Sadanand Shet Tanavade was also expected to join the meeting.
On Tuesday, BJP chief Nadda and Santhosh met Manipur caretaker chief minister Singh, state election in-charge Bhupender Yadav, in-charge Sambit Patra held a discussion about the formation of a new government in the North-Eastern state.
N Biren Singh served as the Chief Minister of Manipur from 2017 to 2022. Pramod Sawant was made chief minister of Goa after the demise of Manohar Parrikar in March 2019.
