New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday gave his best wishes to Pramod Sawant, the newly appointed Chief Minister of Goa and expressed confidence that he will boost the state's growth trajectory.

"Best wishes to Pramod Sawant and his team as they begin their journey towards fulfilling the dreams of the people of Goa.

"I am sure they will build on the work done in the last few years and boost Goa's growth trajectory," Modi tweeted

Former Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly BJP MLA Sawant was sworn in as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa on Tuesday, following the death of Manohar Parrikar late on Sunday.

Sawant is much like his mentor and immediate predecessor late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, who was sworn in as Chief Minister in 2000, without ever having served as a minister in the state cabinet.

Sawant, 45, holds a Bachelor's degree in Ayurvedic Medicine from the Ganga Ayurvedic Medical College in Maharashtra's Kolhapur district and has practiced as a doctor of alternative medicine in Goa. He has completed his Masters in Social Welfare from the Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, a deemed university in Pune.

He has been elected to the state assembly on two occasions in 2012 and 2017 from the Sanquelim assembly constituency.