BJP Calls Goa Leaders to Delhi Amid Employment Promise Dispute

Goa's Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane have been summoned to New Delhi by the BJP high command. They are expected to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda. The summoning follows Rane's recent statement on providing 22,000 jobs to Goan youth.

In an unexpected political development, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane have been called to New Delhi by the BJP high command, according to a senior functionary.

Reliable sources indicate that both Sawant and Rane are set to meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP national president J P Nadda. Sawant declined to comment on his Delhi visit, though he did not deny the summoning.

The meeting comes in the wake of Rane's public statement, emphasizing the state government's duty to provide 22,000 jobs to unemployed youth, a promise that Sawant acknowledged but did not directly address.

(With inputs from agencies.)