The eight Ministers who were sworn-in are Vishwajit Rane, Mauvin Godinho, Ravi Naik, Nilesh Cabral, Subhash Shirodkar, Rohan Khaunte, Govind Gaude and Atanasio Monserrate.
He also launched a veiled attack on the people opposing the project and said there was no scope for "negative, divisive and anti-national forces" in the state.