<p>Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai on Thursday morning amid talk of a cabinet reshuffle in the wake of eight Congress MLAs joining the ruling BJP.</p>.<p>The chief minister, however, told reporters here that the meeting, which followed Wednesday's dramatic developments, had nothing to do with politics.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/goa-bjps-move-surprises-few-betrays-its-anxiety-over-bharat-jodo-yatra-1145206.html">Goa: BJP's move surprises few, betrays its anxiety over Bharat Jodo Yatra</a></strong></p>.<p>He met the governor at Raj Bhavan to discuss programs for the celebration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday (September 17), Sawant said. But a senior BJP leader said a reshuffle was likely in the next few days as the party would need to accommodate at least a couple of Congress MLAs who have crossed over, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat.</p>.<p>The BJP now has 28 MLAs in the 40-member Assembly after eight Congress MLAs switched sides on Wednesday. In 2019, when 10 out of 15 Congress MLAs had defected to the BJP en-masse, the ruling party had dropped three ministers to accommodate three new entrants, and the same pattern may be followed now, the leader said.</p>.<p>The current cabinet has eleven ministers from the BJP besides Sudin Dhavalikar of the ally MGP. The state can have a maximum of 12 ministers.</p>
<p>Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai on Thursday morning amid talk of a cabinet reshuffle in the wake of eight Congress MLAs joining the ruling BJP.</p>.<p>The chief minister, however, told reporters here that the meeting, which followed Wednesday's dramatic developments, had nothing to do with politics.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/goa-bjps-move-surprises-few-betrays-its-anxiety-over-bharat-jodo-yatra-1145206.html">Goa: BJP's move surprises few, betrays its anxiety over Bharat Jodo Yatra</a></strong></p>.<p>He met the governor at Raj Bhavan to discuss programs for the celebration of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday (September 17), Sawant said. But a senior BJP leader said a reshuffle was likely in the next few days as the party would need to accommodate at least a couple of Congress MLAs who have crossed over, including former chief minister Digambar Kamat.</p>.<p>The BJP now has 28 MLAs in the 40-member Assembly after eight Congress MLAs switched sides on Wednesday. In 2019, when 10 out of 15 Congress MLAs had defected to the BJP en-masse, the ruling party had dropped three ministers to accommodate three new entrants, and the same pattern may be followed now, the leader said.</p>.<p>The current cabinet has eleven ministers from the BJP besides Sudin Dhavalikar of the ally MGP. The state can have a maximum of 12 ministers.</p>