Goa: Suspense Over CM Face Continues, Pramod Sawant Reaches Delhi To Meet BJP Top Brass

Sawant said that he is in the national capital to meet the central leadership and consult them over the next course of action in the state.

Goa's acting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant (Image: PTI)

New Delhi: As the suspense over the next Chief Minister's face prevails in Goa, Pramod Sawant reached Delhi on Tuesday to meet the top brass of Bhartiya Janta Party and take a decision on the next step. 

 Goa's acting CM Sawant said that he is in the national capital to meet the central leadership and consult them over the next course of action in the state, reported ANI. 

Sawant had earlier stated that the new government will be formed after the election of the leader of the legislative party in the presence of the Central observer of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The BJP Parliamentary Board has appointed Union Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar as the central observer for Goa and Union Minister of State for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry L Murugan has been made the co-observer.

Tendering his resignation o Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai at Raj Bhawan in Panaji on March 12, Sawant paved way for the formation of the new government after the BJP won the popular mandate in the state.

The BJP emerged as the single largest party in Goa, winning 20 seats in the 40-member state Assembly, leaving Congress with 11 seats at a distant second position. The BJP fell one seat short of the majority figure in Goa but is set to retain power in the state with the help of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak (MGP) and independent candidates.

According to Election Commission, the BJP got 33.31 per cent vote share followed by Congress (23.46 per cent), MGP (7.60 per cent), AAP (6.77) and Trinamool Congress (5.21 per cent).