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Goa cabinet reshuffled; four BJP ministers inducted

<span style="color: #222222;">The Goa cabinet was reshuffled today with the induction of four BJP ministers  Michael Lobo, Chandrakant Kavlekar, Jennifer Monserratte and Philip Nery Rodrigues. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Governor Mridula Sinha administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new ministers at Raj Bhavan, Dona Paula near Panaji. </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Earlier today, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant dropped ministers Vijai Sardesai, Vinod Palyenkar, Jayesh Salgaonkar, all three from Goa Forward party; and Rohan Khaunte, an independent MLA before inducting four new BJP ministers. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Deputy Sspeaker of Goa Legislative assembly Michael Lobo resigned today before taking oath as a minister.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that Chief Minister Pramod Sawant maintained that the decision of inducting new ministers into cabinet was taken after getting nod from the central leadership of the party. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">He added that now BJP government in Goa has a full majority.  On Wednesday, 10 of the total 15 Congress MLAs in the Goa legislative assembly had split to merge with the BJP. <br />''</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Three of them, were inducted into the cabinet today. The 40-member Goa assembly currently has 27 BJP legislators, five Congress MLAs, three each from Goa Forward Party and independents, and one each from Nationalist Congress Party and Maharasthrawadi Gomantak Party. </span>

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