Wife Makes Way For Husband In Pramod Sawant's New Cabinet
NDTV
Atanasio Monserrate was one of the 10 MLAs of Congress who had joined the BJP in July 2019.
The only woman minister in the Goa Cabinet during the first term of the Chief Minister Pramod Sawant - Jennifer Monserrate - was not part of the leaders who took oath on Monday. Instead, her husband Atanasio Monserrate was among the new faces in the council of ministers.
The Pramod Sawant-led Goa Cabinet sported several new faces, which included Mr Monserrate, Rohan Khaunte, Ravi Naik, and Subhash Shirodkar.
The BJP heavyweight Atanasio Monserrate, from the Panaji Assembly constituency, is also known as "Babush". He has been a three-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly.
He is married to Jennifer Monserrate, an MLA from Taleigao, who was a minister in the first term of the Sawant government in the state.
