No cabinet reshuffle on cards: Goa CM

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday scotched rumours of cabinet reshuffle. Some media reports had suggested that he might drop two ministers for poor performance, replacing them with new faces.

"There is no cabinet reshuffle on cards. There is nothing planned like that," the chief minister told reporters here. Sawant, who took over as chief minister in March after the death of Manohar Parrikar, dropped four ministers -- three from the Goa Forward Party and an Independent -- in July.

He then inducted in the cabinet three of the ten Congress MLAs who had joined the BJP, and BJP legislator Michael Lobo. The ruling party has 27 MLAs in the 40-seat House..