BJP’s Pramod Sawant to be Goa Chief Minister

NEW DELHI: BJP’s Pramod Sawant willl be the new chief minister of Goa, party sources said on Monday.nnTwo MLAs from the BJP alliance partners will be made deputy chief ministers as part of the compromise reached with allies, they said.nnThe BJP managed to break the deadlock in Goa, offering key allies their pound of flesh, by accepting their demand for deputy CM’s posts.nnSawant is now Speaker of Goa Legislative Assembly. He will succeed Manohar Parrikar who died Sunday.nnThe two would-be Dy CMs are Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai and MGP MLA Sudin Dhavalikar.nn”We have managed to convince the alliance partners and finalised the formula of two deputy chief ministers for the state, a senior BJP functionary said.nnThe swearing in ceremony is likely to be held at 9 pm Monday, he said.nnSource: Press Trust of India