BJP MLA Sankalp Amonkar joins Goa cabinet
The induction fills a ministerial vacancy in the Pramod Sawant-led government that has been open since October last year.
Panaji BJP MLA Sankalp Amonkar took his oath as a cabinet minister in the Goa government on Saturday, November 7, 2026, according to The Hindu.
Governor P. Ashok Gajapathy Raju administered the oath of office and secrecy at a ceremony in Lok Bhavan, Dona Paula. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and other cabinet members were present during the event.
Amonkar's appointment fills a seat in the 12-member Council of Ministers that has been vacant since the death of former agriculture Minister Ravi Naik. Naik died following a cardiac arrest on October 15 last year at the age of 79.
Amonkar previously contested the 2022 Assembly elections as a Congress candidate, winning the Mormugao seat by 1,941 votes. He joined the BJP in September 2022 along with seven other Congress MLAs.
Before his current role, Amonkar served as the chairman of the Goa Sewage and Infrastructural Development Corporation. He had also held positions within the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee and its youth wing.