Former Congress veteran Aleixo Sequeira, who was among the group of MLAs who had switched over to the BJP, took oath as a minister in the presence of CM Pramod Sawant, cabinet ministers, senior party leaders and MLAs.
Goa Public Works Department Minister Nilesh Cabral resigned from the Pramod Sawant-led cabinet on Sunday to allow the induction of MLA Aleixo Sequeira. Cabral was one of eight MLAs who switched over from the opposition Congress to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the coastal state last year. The party s decision to ask Cabral to step down was made to allow the party to fulfill its "commitments previously made."
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