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.
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.
Ravi S. Naik is an Indian politician who is a former Chief Minister of Goa and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He started his political career as a member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP).
The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim,Bardez. The Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The assembly 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.
Vishnu Surya Naik Wagh was a poet,writer,dramatist,journalist,politician,management consultant,and trainer. He was a former member of the Legislative Assembly in Goa from 2012 to 2017 as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Owing to his fragile health,he had been on a break from his active career since 2016,until his death in 2019. His book,Sudhir Sukta,was a topic of much debate in 2017—2018 for its offensive language and content.
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.
Anant Shet was an Indian politician and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a member of 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.
Dayanand Rayu Mandrekar is an Indian politician who served as a four-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Siolim constituency.
Goa Suraksha Manch is a political party in Goa,a political outfit of the Bharatiya Bhasha Suraksha Manch which was launched by Subhash Velingkar,a rebel Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader. The party was formed on 2 October 2016.
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).
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.
Pravin Harish Zantye is an Indian politician from Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Maem,Goa in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election on Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Ahead of 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election,he resigned from the Assembly and BJP,and joined MGP.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Goa on 14 February 2022 to elect 40 members of the Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
Sadanand Shet Tanavade is an Indian politician who served as the president of Bharatiya Janata Party,Goa. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha,and a former Member of Legislative Assembly in the Goa Legislative Assembly from Thivim.
The Sixth 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 is 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.
Pravin Prabhakar Arlekar is an Indian politician from Goa and a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. Pravin won the Pernem Assembly constituency on the Bharatiya Janata Party ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.
Vasudev Meng Gaonkar is an Indian politician. He is a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Sanguem Assembly constituency from 2002 to 2012. He is the current serving president of the BJP Kisan Morcha in the Government of Goa.
