PANAJI
In a departure from the convention, the State government on Wednesday named the Education Secretary as the Chairperson of Bal Bhavan in Goa instead of naming a political appointee.
The education secretary replaces the current chairperson of Bal Bhavan Dr Sheetal Naik, a former councillor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji and president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Mahila Morcha.
Before Naik, the Bal Bhavan was headed by Kunda Chodankar, who incidentally was also BJP Mahila Morcha president before the former.
During previous Congress regimes, Vijayadevi Rane, wife of former Chief Minister Pratapsing Rane and former North Goa MP, the late Sanyogita Rane, headed the art and culture training institution for children.
