Pramod Sawant Gets Second Term as Goa CM, Swearing-in on 28 March

The BJP secured 20 of the total 40 seats in the state's Assembly election held this year.

Pramod Sawant will continue as Goa chief minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced after a legislature party meeting on Monday, 21 March.

His swearing-in ceremony will be held on 28 March and prominent BJP leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will attend the event, reported news agency PTI.

"I want to thank PM Narendra Modi and Union HM Amit Shah to have given me the opportunity to work as the CM of Goa for next 5 years. I am glad that the people of Goa have accepted me. I'll do everything possible to work for development of the state," Sawant said after the decision on Monday, as per ANI.