: Goa: BJP leader Vishwajit Rane meets governor amid speculations on next chief minister #IndiaNEWS Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vishwajit Rane met Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai on Saturday amid

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Goa: BJP leader Vishwajit Rane meets governor amid speculations on next chief minister #IndiaNEWS
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Vishwajit Rane met Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai on Saturday amid speculations on who would take oath as the next chief minister of the state, reported the Hindustan Times. In the state election results announced on Thursday, the BJP emerged as the single largest party, winning 20 seats, just one short of the majority mark of 21 in the 40-member Assembly. The party has claimed to have secured support from two MLAs of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party and three independent MLAs.However, the BJP has not yet approached the governor with a claim to form the government. Neither has the state unit of the BJP elected its legislature party chief.Rane’s meeting with the governor on Saturday evening came hours after sitting Chief Minister Pramod Sawant gave his resignation to Pillai. The governor has appointed Sawant as the caretaker chief minister of the state till the oath-taking ceremony.In a tweet on Saturday, Rane said that his meeting with Pillai was a “personal visit� to invite the governor to his constituency. Rane won the Poriem Assembly seat by a margin of 13,943 votes.Sad state of journalism by @prudentgoa , where a personal visit to His Excellency Hon’ble Governor of Goa has been made such a stir.It was solely a personal visit to invite him to my...Read more

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