Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant said his government will be writing to the Prime Minister’s Office who in turn will extend an invitation to the Pope to visit Goa for the exposition
The move is seen as an effort to cap the controversy around the decision of the foundation to sanction ₹3 crore to an institute linked to chief minister Pramod Sawant
In Oct 2023, the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) issued an ad in newspapers asking that it is looking for 250 acres of land calling on private land owners to approach for the same
Sawant also announced a trip to Ayodhya for the people of Goa after April this year, under the ‘Mukhya Mantri Dev Darshan’ scheme of the state government.