Goa CM to shed portfolio load after end of election code

May 10, 2019 11:46

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has said he will distribute some of the portfolios held by him to his Cabinet colleagues after the model code of conduct is lifted by the month-end.

The MCC is in force in Goa since March 10 for the Lok Sabha elections and also four assembly bypolls. While voting for the two Lok Sabha seats and three assembly segments got over last month, the bypoll in the Panaji constituency is slated for May 19.

The MCC, among other things, prohibits a government from announcing policy decisions. Sawant told PTI Thursday that the poll code will be withdrawn, tentatively on May 27, after which development works will pick up pace in the state.

The Chief Minister said he has already conceptualised various plans for streamlining the administration and provide fillip to various sectors in the state. These plans will be executed once the MCC is lifted, said the BJP leader.

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