India, Aug. 21 -- Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday expanded his cabinet by inducting two new ministers, taking the council of ministers in Goa to its full strength of 12.

Governor Pusapati Ashok Gajapati Raju administered the oath of office and secrecy to former Goa chief minister Digambar Kamat and ex-speaker Ramesh Tawadkar at the Cabo Raj Niwas, the Governor's residence in Konkani.

For Kamat, this marks a return to ministerial office after a 13-year gap. He last held power in 2012 as chief minister before being succeeded by Manohar Parrikar. It has been his longest spell out of office since first being elected as an MLA on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket in 1994.

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