Pratapsingh Raoji Rane is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Minister of Goa a record seven times and was also the former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He has been a Member of Legislative Assembly,Goa for over 50 years. In 2022,the Pramod Sawant led Government conferred life long cabinet status on Rane.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Digamber Kamat is an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Goa from 2007 to 2012. CM contender,Kamat won seventh term from Margao. From 2006 to 2019,he was the president of Swimming Federation of India. Currently,he serves as an MLA from the Margao constituency. Kamat is one of the most well recognised contemporary Goan politicians. Known for his philanthropic activities for the people of Goa. Kamat is a liberal and passionate about sports,education,culture and music.
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 Sixth Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.
Michael Vincent Lobo is an Indian politician and businessman who is a former member of the Indian National Congress and MLA of the Goa Legislative Assembly from Calangute. He is also the former Leader of Opposition of Indian National Congress in the Goa Legislative Assembly.
Sudin alias Ramkrishna Madhav Dhavalikar is an Indian politician,and a senior leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). He is a six-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Marcaim constituency and former deputy Chief Minister of Goa.
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.
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.
Antonio Caetano "Tony" Fernandes of the Bharatiya Janata Party represents Santa Cruz in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He lives in Segundo Bairro,Santa Cruz,Goa. He won the elections on an Indian National Congress ticket in 2017. He replaced incumbent MLA Atanasio Monserrate after he was expelled from the Indian National Congress party in 2015 for anti-party activities. He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019.
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.
Kamat cabinet was the Council of Ministers in Goa Legislative Assembly headed by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat.
Jayesh Vidyadhar Salgaonkar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Salgaonkar was a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Saligao constituency in North Goa district. He was the Minister of Ports,Rural Development Agency and Housing with Housing Board department in Manohar Parrikar ministry. Salgaonkar was dropped from Pramod Sawant’s council of ministers after 10 Congress lawmakers joined the BJP in July 2019 and the BJP didn’t need Goa Forward's support.
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.
Subhash Bhaskar Velingkar is an Indian politician who is a former member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS),a Hindu nationalist organization based in India. He belongs to the Gomantak Maratha Samaj community from Goa. It was under his leadership,Goa Prant of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was formed.
Pratap Prabhakar Gauns or Pratap Prabhakar Gawas is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress party in 2008. He won against BJP candidate Pramod Sawant by a margin of 1534 votes.
Deviya Vishwajit Rane is an Indian politician. She was elected to the Poriem Assembly constituency in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Rodolfo Louis Fernandes,from Bondir,Santa Cruz,is an Indian politician representing St. Cruz in the state of Goa,India.
The Eighth Goa Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. It is in-charge of the budget,the Assembly appropriates money for social programs,agricultural development,infrastructure development,etc. It is also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
Delilah Michael Lobo is an Indian politician and businesswoman who currently serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Siolim Assembly constituency. Lobo won the Siolim constituency on the Indian National Congress ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election. She defeated four-time MLA Dayanand Mandrekar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 1,727 votes.
