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.
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.
Rajendra Arlekar is an Indian statesman who is current and 29th Governor of Bihar. He previously served as the 21st Governor of Himachal Pradesh,being the first person serving as the Governor of Himachal Pradesh from Goa. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa and a former speaker of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party.
Francisco Casimiro Jerónimo Agnelo Pinto de Souza,better known as Francis D'Souza,was an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Goa. He had first unsuccessfully contested in the 1989 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Mapusa Assembly constituency as an Independent candidate.
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.
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.
The Goa Lokayukta is the ombudsman institution of the Indian state of Goa.The Lokayukta is an anti-corruption ombudsman existing in several states of India.
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. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly for Taleigao. He is married to Jennifer Monserrate,Member of Legislative Assembly,Taleigao.
The Goa Legislative Assembly election,2017 was held on February 4,2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly,as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on March 18,2017. VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa state in the 2017 elections,which was the first time that an entire state in India saw the implementation of VVPAT.
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.
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.
Subhash Ankush Shirodkar is an Indian politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party who is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly,representing the Siroda in the Goa Legislative Assembly.
Vinoda Datarama Paliencar is an Indian politician and a former cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa. He is also a former Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Siolim constituency from 2017 to 2022,and belongs to the Goa Forward Party. Paliencar was the Minister for Fisheries and Water Resources Department. He is a classical singer. Paliencar is the in-charge of the OBC wing of the Goa Forward Party.
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.
Laxmikant Parsekar Ministry was the Council of Ministers in Goa Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar.
This is a list of minister from Manohar Parrikar cabinets starting from 9 March 2012 to 8 November 2014. Manohar Parrikar is the leader of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in as the Chief Ministers of Goa on 9 March 2012.
John Manuel Vaz was an Indian politician from Goa. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Government of Goa headed by Luizinho Faleiro from 30 November 1998 until his resignation on 3 February 1999. He won the 1994 Goa Legislative Assembly elections from the Mormugao constituency. Vaz was the President of the Mormugao Municipal Council from January to October 1987.
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.
