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28 Mar

Pramod Sawant Takes Oath As Goa Chief Minister For 2nd Consecutive Term

On Monday, Pramod Sawant took oath as the state’s Chief Minister for the second time on Monday.

Goa Governor PS Sreedharan Pillai administered the oath to Mr Sawant in a ceremony at the Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee stadium near the state capital Panaji. Mr Sawant took the oath in Konkani language.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, BJP national president JP Nadda, were among those who attended the event.

BJP won 20 seats in the election one seat short of the majority in the 40-member House. Two MLAs from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and three independent MLAs extended their support to BJP.

Prime Minister Narendra congratulated Pramod Sawant on the oath-taking as chief minister and tweeted, “Congratulations to Dr Pramod P Sawant Ji and all others who took oath in Goa today. I am confident this entire team will deliver good governance to the people of Goa and build on the pro-people work done in the last decade.”

Home Minister Amit Shah also congratulated Sawant and tweeted, “Congratulations to Dr Pramod P Sawant and all those who took oath today to serve Goa. I am sure that this team under the guidance of PM Narendra Modi Ji will work tirelessly to fulfil the aspirations of the people of Goa and take the state to the newer heights of progress.”

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25 Mar

Yogi Adityanath takes oath as UP CM for record second consecutive term

On Friday Yogi Adityanath took oath as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister for the second consecutive term at a mega event at Lucknow’s Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium. Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak were also sworn in as deputy UP chief ministers.

The event was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and many other dignitaries.

Yogi Adityanath has become the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in 37 years to return to power.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated Yogi Adityanath and tweeted, “Hearty congratulations to Shri Yogi Adityanath for taking oath again as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. With the inspiration of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and under the leadership of Yogiji, the resolve to build a new and developed Uttar Pradesh should be fulfilled in the next 5 years, this is my best wishes to him.”

The BJP-led alliance won a total of 273 seats out of 403 seats which is way past the required mark of 202 seats, while the alliance led by the main opposition Samajwadi Party (SP) bagged 125 seats.

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23 Mar

Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as Uttarakhand CM

On Wednesday Pushkar Singh Dhami took oath as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, for the second time in Dehradun’s Parade Ground in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president JP Nadda were also present.

Pushkar Dhami was administered the oath by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen (retd) Gurmit Singh.

PM Modi congratulated Pushkar Singh Dhami and tweeted, “Many congratulations to Pushkar Dhami ji on taking oath as the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand. In the last 5 years, Devbhoomi has made rapid progress in every field. I am sure that you and all your ministers will give further impetus to it, setting a new paradigm of development according to the aspirations of the people.”

The BJP won 47 seats in the 70-member Uttarakhand assembly in the recent state elections, while the Indian National Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party bagged 19 seats and 2 seats respectively. Independent candidates won 2 seats.

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21 Mar

N Biren Singh Takes Oath as Chief Minister of Manipur For Second Straight Term

On Monday N Biren Singh took oath as the Chief Minister of Manipur in Imphal, for the second term.

Singh was administered the oath of office by the state’s Governor La Ganesan at Raj Bhawan in the capital Imphal.

BJP confirmed its return to power in Manipur, with the party bagging 32 seats in the 60-member Assembly.

Congress bagged five seats and the NPP won seven seats. Naga People’s Front bagged five and the Kuki People’s Alliance got two seats. JD(U) bagged 6 seats and Independent candidates bagged three seats.

BJP national president JP Nadda arrived in Manipur ahead of the ceremony, and was welcomed by Singh.

Union Ministers G Kishan Reddy and Kiren Rijiju also congratulated the re-elected leader on Twitter.

“Heartiest Congratulations to Shri N Biren Singh Ji on being elected the Leader of the BJP Manipur Legislative Party. Under your able leadership, the State has achieved great heights of progress & glory. Wishing you a great success & many accolades for the state & her people,” tweeted G Kishan Reddy.

“Congratulations to N Biren Singh Ji on being elected as the leader of BJP Manipur Legislature Party. Manipur will witness more progress as per the vision of hon’ble PM Narendra Modi Ji and the aspirations of the people of Manipur,” tweeted Union law minister Kiren Rijiju.

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16 Mar

PM Modi congratulates Bhagwant Mann on taking oath as Punjab CM

As Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Bhagwant Mann took oath as the Punjab chief minister on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated him and said they will work together for the growth of Punjab.

“Congratulations to Shri Bhagwant Mann Ji on taking oath as Punjab CM. Will work together for the growth of Punjab and welfare of the state’s people,” PM Modi wrote on Twitter.

Bhagwant Mann was sworn in as the Punjab Chief Minister at a mega event in Khatkar Kalan, the ancestral village of legendary freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in Punjab’s Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar district on Wednesday. Governor Banwarilal Purohit administered the oath of office and secrecy to Mann in the swearing-in ceremony.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, Delhi minister Satyendar Jain, and other leaders wearing yellow turbans were also present at the ceremony.

The AAP registered a landslide victory in the recently concluded Punjab Assembly polls, winning 92 seats in the 117-member Assembly.

Bhagwant Mann, contested from Dhuri Assembly constituency in Sangrur district, won by a margin of 58,206 votes over Congress’ Dalvir Singh Goldy.

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