Where is Goa going?

The culling of key state leaders and bureaucrats has given rise to distrust and uneasiness in Pramod Sawant's style of functioning

It took nearly six hours after Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s death to settle on a successor. Pramod Sawant was sworn in as Chief Minister at 2 am. The reason? In the 2017 Assembly elections, the BJP got only 13 seats, four less than the Congress’ 17, in a house of 40. It was able to form a government largely because of the Congress lethargy and the special persuasive powers of Nitin Gadkari and Parrikar. On the back on unspecified promises made by Parrikar to Ramkrishna “Sudin” Dha­valikar of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) and Vijai Sardesai, mentor of the