Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party is a political party in India. It was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961.
Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death. Previously,he was Chief Minister of Goa from 2000 to 2005 and from 2012 to 2014 and from 2017 to 2019. He also served as the Minister of Defence from October 2014 to March 2017. In January 2020,he was posthumously awarded Padma Bhushan.
The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive,legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji,the capital city of Goa.
The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012,to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly,as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.
JoséMatanhy de Saldanha was an Indian social activist,journalist,former Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly and school teacher,who campaigned for Goan identity,values,and culture. He also served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa with portfolios of Tourism as well as Science and Environment.
Elections for the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly in Uttarakhand state,India are conducted in accordance with the Constitution of India. The legislative assembly of Uttarakhand creates laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the Parliament of India. In addition,the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to Article 356 of the Indian Constitution and President's rule may be imposed.
Harvinder Singh Kalyan is an Indian politician of Bharatiya Janata Party from Madhuban in Karnal,Haryana,India. He represents Gharaunda constituency of Haryana Legislative Assembly in Karnal district of Haryana.
Laxmikant Yashwant Parsekar is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Goa,from 2014 to 2017. He was the member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Mandrem constituency,and he belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is currently an Independent politician.
Sidharth Sripad Kuncalienker is an Indian politician who is a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He had been elected in a by poll from Panaji constituency in place of Manohar Parrikar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). On 10 May 2017,Kuncalienker resigned in order to allow Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar to contest the seat.
Nilesh Cabral is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Government of Goa headed by Manohar Parrikar. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and represents the Curchorem constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly. Cabral had held the portfolios of Power,Non-Conventional Energy,Law &Judiciary as well as Legislative Affairs.
Vijai Sardesai is an Indian politician who is currently a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Fatorda constituency and belongs to the Goa Forward Party. He also served as Deputy Chief Minister of Goa in the Government of Goa,until his withdrawal from the cabinet of ministers on 13 July 2019.
Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate is an Indian politician who is a three-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a current member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Panaji Assembly constituency. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly for Taleigao. He is married to Jennifer Monserrate,Member of Legislative Assembly,Taleigao.
Pandurang Arjun Madkaikar is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the Government of Goa. He is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Cumbarjua constituency.
Pramod Pandurang Sawant is an Indian politician and ayurveda medical practitioner who has served as the 11th Chief Minister of Goa since March 2019. He represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2012. He is the longest continuous serving Chief Minister of Goa.
Goa Forward Party is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa,led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial,if controversial,role in the return of the Bharatiya Janata Party to power in the March 2017 election results in Goa. The party's motto is "Goem,Goemkar,Goemkarponn". The party was launched on 25 January 2016 and its symbol is the coconut.
Third Manohar Parrikar Ministry is the Council of Ministers in Goa Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Manohar Parrikar was sworn in as the 10th Chief Minister of Goa state and his government won the vote of confidence in the Goa Legislative Assembly on 16 March 2017. His government won the vote of confidence with the support of 22 MLAs in the 40-member Goa Legislative Assembly. During the trust vote,Parrikar was supported by the 12 MLAs of the Bharatiya Janata Party,3 MLAs of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party,3 MLAs of the Goa Forward Party,3 Independent MLAs and the sole MLA of the Nationalist Congress Party.
Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane is an Indian politician and a cabinet minister in the Government of Goa headed by Pramod Sawant. He is the son of Pratapsingh Raoji Rane who is a former Chief Minister of Goa and an incumbent Indian National Congress party MLA in the Goa Legislative Assembly. Rane was the Minister of Health,Agriculture &Craftsmen Training in the Government of Goa led by Digambar Kamat from June 2007 to March 2012. Rane resigned as the MLA of the Valpoi Constituency and also from the Indian National Congress on 16 March 2017.
Suresh Kuso Amonkar was an Indian politician.
Bharatiya Janata Party,Goa is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Goa. The party appointed Damu G. Naik as the president of BJP,Goa on 18 January 2025 who took over from Sadanand Tanavade. Pramod Sawant was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Goa on 19 March 2019,after the death of Manohar Parrikar.
Girish Raya Chodankar is an Indian politician and teacher who serves as the All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge of Tripura,Sikkim,Manipur,and Nagaland since 2023. He previously served as the president of the Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) from 2018 to 2022. A former AICC secretary,in 2023,he was appointed as a permanent invitee of the Congress Working Committee (CWC).
