BJP favours Pramod Sawant for next Goa CM, as per sources. Here's all you need to know about him

Following passing away of Goa Chief Minister Mahar Parrikar on Sunday, Goa BJP leer Pramod Sawant is being spoken of as being in running to succeed him. Goa BJP leers along with Union Minister Nitin Gkari have been in talks with allies since early Monday morning.

Pramod Sawant's name h been put forward by BJP as ir pick to be Chief Minister of state, as per BJP sources. party also wishes to perform swearing-in of next Goa Chief Minister before 5 pm on Monday.

On or hand, nine MLAs from parties in coalition (3 Goa Forward, 3 MGP and 3 Independents) have proposed Vinay Tendulkar's name to be next CM, as per sources. But it appears that coalition has reached a consensus, Republic TV has learnt.

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About Pramod Sawant:

Sawant is Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly. He is an MLA from Sankhalim in rth Goa. He is also an Ayurvedic doctor by training.

Sawant holds a degree in BAMS (Bachelor in Ayurvedic Medicine) from Ganga Aruvedic Medical College, and also holds a degree in MSW (Master In Social Work).

He h tweeted about Mahar Parrikar's demise and called him a 'farly figure'.

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Goa BJP has said that it will reveal its decision on who will be next Chief Minister of state by 2 pm on Monday, with swearing-in set to take place at 3 pm, as per PTI, even as Congress Goa MLAs are set to meet with Goverr Mridula Sinha to stake claim to forming a government citing ir larger number of MLAs.

Mahar Parrikar,  four-time Goa CM and former Union Defence Minister, passed away at his private residence on Sunday evening after battling Pancreatic Cancer. He was 63 years old.

central government has anunced national mourning on Monday. national flag will fly at half-mast across country. Goa government anunced on Sunday that it would observe seven days of state mourning, from March 18, 2019 to March 24, 2019.