Goa: Manohar Parrikar sworn in as Chief Minister

Panaji:  BJP leader Manohar Parrikar was sworn in for the third time as the Chief Minister of Goa.
Governor K Sankarnarayanan administered the oath amidst a huge public affair ceremony arranged by the party.
Riding high on the anti-incumbency wave in state, the BJP-led alliance, which includes Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party(MGP), drubbed the Congress by winning 24 of the 40 seats.
Mr Parrikar has been the chief minister twice from October 2000 to February 2005.
Mr Parrikar said yesterday that all the BJP ministers from his 2005 Cabinet would find place in the new dispensation, and that the Budget would be presented around March 24.
"There are five ministers who were in my old Cabinet. They will be sworn-in again," Mr Parrikar said.
Mr Parrikar has promised to make petrol cheaper by 11 rupees by removing the Value added tax (VAT) and set up a Lokayukta within 100 days.
On his Facebook page, Mr Parrikar has also said that an amount of Rs. 1000 will be credited in the bank accounts of housewives every month as a measure to combat price rise and undertaking other infrastructural developments in the state.
"The BJP-MGP alliance will start implementing the manifesto immediately but it would take little time to deliver," he said.
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Manohar Parrikar sworn in as Goa Chief Minister

Panaji:  BJP's Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa today.
Mr Parrikar was sworn in by Governor K Sankarnarayanan in a huge public affair ceremony arranged by the party.
A full 12-member Cabinet was sworn in by the Governor. Mr Parrikar has been the chief minister twice from October 2000 to February 2005.
Mr Parrikar said yesterday that all the BJP ministers from his 2005 Cabinet would find place in the new dispensation, and that the Budget would be presented around March 24.
"There are five ministers who were in my old Cabinet. They will be sworn-in again," Mr Parrikar said.
Party sources said that along with Mr Parrikar, five ministers from BJP and two from ally Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) would also take oath today.
Mr Parrikar later told PTI that soon after the swearing-in, there will be a Cabinet meeting which will list out the priorities.
"I will hand over the list of priorities to the Chief Secretary after the Cabinet meeting," he said.
BJP-MGP alliance will start implementing the manifesto immediately but it would take little time to deliver, he said.
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