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Panaji BJP MLAs Milind Naik, a former Power Minister, and Nilesh Cabral were sworn in as cabinet ministers in the BJP-led cabinet in Goa even as ailing CM Manohar Parrikar dropped two ministers who have been hospitalised for severe ailments. While Naik has served as a Power Minister in a previous BJP-led coalition government under then Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar. Both Ministers said they had been informed by Parrikar by phone on Monday morning that they had been shortlisted for ministership. (IANS)
