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After the election, a coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party, Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party formed the state government, with Manohar Parrikar becoming the Chief Minister. [ 4 ] After the death of Manohar Parrikar, Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 19 March 2019.
The Goa Legislative Assembly election, 2017 was held on February 4, 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on March 18, 2017.
The Seventh Goa Assembly (term : 2017-2022) was the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget, the Assembly appropriates money for social programs, agricultural development, infrastructure development, etc.
The Eleventh Finance Commission of India named Goa the best-placed state because of its infrastructure, and India's National Commission on Population rated it as having the best quality of life in India (based on the commission's "12 Indicators"). [14] It is the second-highest ranking among Indian states in the human development index. [8]
Ravi Naik was elected again to the Goa Assembly in the state election of 2017, this time with a margin of 3000 votes. He is a member of five member Congress Legislative Party (CLP) of Goa and remained with the party during the two-thirds split in the CLP in 2019 where 10 MLAs defected to the ruling BJP.
News agencies operating in the state are the Press Trust of India and the United News of India, while the Indo-Asian News Service and ANI have also offered regular coverage from Goa. Other publications in the state include Vasco Watch (English-language, fortnightly—Free to reader neighbourhood newspaper), Hello Publications, Hello Travel Talk ...
The name Goa came to European languages via Portuguese, but its precise origin is unclear. A number of theories about its origin are centered around the Sanskrit word go (cow). [8] For example, the legend of Krishna names a mountain where he saved the cow; the mountain was named "gomÄntaka", which later became Goa. Also, a port city named ...
The key political players in Goa state in Western India are the Bharatiya Janata Party, Indian National Congress, Aam Aadmi Party, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Goa Forward Party and Revolutionary Goans Party. It also has the presence of Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and Trinamool Congress.