The National Democratic Alliance is a right-wing Indian political group led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded on 15 May 1998 and currently controls the government of India as well as the government of 19 Indian states and one Union territory.
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.
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.
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.
The Goa Vikas Party (GVP) is a regional political party from Goa,India,was led by Francisco Pacheco. The GVP was founded by late Sitaram Bandodkar,and the current president is Francisco Pacheco's partner Viola Pacheco. It was revived by Pacheco,who left the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the GVP ahead of the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election. It is a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It is a part of the ruling coalition in Goa,the other members being the BJP and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. The GVP has two members in the Goa Legislative Assembly:Pacheco from Nuvem but he resigned and Caetano Silva from Benaulim.
Chandrakant Kavlekar also known as Babu Kavlekar is an Indian politician and former Minister of Town and Country Planning,Agriculture,Archives,Archaeology,Factories and Boilers of Goa. He belongs to Dhangar caste. He was a four-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly and represented the Quepem constituency.
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.
Mauvin Godinho is an Indian politician. He is a seven-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly;representing the Dabolim Assembly constituency.
Manohar Trimbak Ajgaonkar is an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Ajgaonkar is a first term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly in 2007 from the Dhargalim constituency in Pernem.
Lavoo Mamledar is an Indian politician and a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Ponda constituency. He was elected in the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election on a ticket from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. He lost the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election to Ravi Naik of Congress party. Mamledar was a member of the All India Trinamool Congress for three months until December 2021. In January 2022,he joined the Indian National Congress (INC).
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.
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.
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.
Francisco Manuel Silveira is an Indian politician and businessman who was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from St. Andre in the 1999,2002,2007,2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019.
Clafasio Dias is an Indian politician and former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He represented the Cuncolim Assembly constituency. Dias won by defeating sitting MLA Subhash Rajan Naik of the Bharatiya Janata party and Ex Independent MLA Joaquim Alemao. He was also a zilla panchayat member,Sarpanch and Chairperson of South Goa Zilla Panchayat.
Filipe Nery Rodrigues is an Indian politician,businessman and civil engineer who was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Velim Assembly constituency in the 1999,2002,2007,and 2017 elections as a member of the Indian National Congress. In July 2019 he was one of ten Indian National Congress members who joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Wilfred Nazareth Menino D'sa is an Indian politician and real estate developer who was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Nuvem in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019. He is currently an Independent politician.
Isidore Aleixinho Fernandes,is an Indian politician who was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Canacona in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress. He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019. He is currently an Independent politician.
The Seventh Goa Assembly was the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in western India. It consists of 40 members. In charge of the budget,the Assembly appropriates money for social programs,agricultural development,infrastructure development,etc. It was also responsible for proposing and levying taxes.
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.
