Goa CM Pramod Sawant, speaker, three ministers on Delhi visit

PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant is on a two-day visit to New Delhi beginning Sunday evening. He is accompanied by assembly speaker Rajesh Patnekar, deputy chief minister Chandrakant Kavlekar, urban development minister Milind Naik and PWD minister Deepak Pauskar.
Sawant, Patnekar, Kavlekar and Naik will meet Union home minister Amit Shah and Union tribal affairs minister Arjun Munda on Monday regarding inclusion of Goa’s Dhangar community in the Scheduled Tribes category.
The chief minister, Pauskar and Naik will meet the Union minister of road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari on Monday to discuss issues related to national highways projects in Goa.
Sawant is likely to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss various issues related to the state.
He said that a MoU will be signed on Monday with the Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd to identify new iron ore mines in the state for e-auctioning. Union minister for mines Pralhad Joshi will be present for the signing.
Sawant is also likely to discuss other issues like mining and Mhadei with the central government .
The chief minister is also likely to meet the Union ports and shipping minister to discuss the reduction in coal handling at MPT.