The National Democratic Alliance is an Indian big tent multi-party political alliance,led by the country's biggest political party,the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded on 15 May 1998. It currently has a majority in both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha,and controls the Government of India as well as the governments of 19 out of 28 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.
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 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK),Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,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 organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is based upon the Constitution of the Bharatiya Janata Party. The organisation of the BJP is strictly hierarchical,with the president being the highest authority in the party. The party is considered to be a cadre-based party that draws from the Hindutva-based ideology of its parent organisation,the RSS.
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.
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.
Kiran Kandolkar is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He is a first term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Tivim constituency. He was the president of All India Trinamool Congress Goa state unit,until his resignation after the defeat of the All India Trinamool Congress in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly Election.
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.
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.
Bishnu Sethi ( ) was an Indian politician who served in the Odisha Legislative Assembly.
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.
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.
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.
Suresh Kuso Amonkar was an Indian politician.
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.
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.
Prabhakar Pandurang Gaonkar was an Indian politician from Goa. He was a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly,representing the Sanguem Assembly constituency from 1999 to 2002. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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.
