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.
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.
Shashikala Kakodkar also known as Tai,was an Indian politician and a leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). She served as the Chief Minister of Goa,Daman and Diu on two occasions,and was the President of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. She is the first and only woman to serve as the Chief Minister of Goa,Daman and Diu.
This is a timeline of Goan history. It overlaps with the histories of other regions in South Asia,the Indian subcontinent,and colonial powers that influenced the region,including Portugal.
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.
Ramakant Dattaram Khalap is an Indian politician. He was a member of the 11th Lok Sabha. He is also former deputy Chief Minister 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 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012.
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 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.
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.
Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar,is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He is a two-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Priol constituency. He is president of MGP and has played key role in keeping the party alive in Goan politics. He was Minister in Goa Government for the period 2012–2016.
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).
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.
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.
Deepak Chandrakant Prabhu Pauskar is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from Sanvordem in the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. He was named Minister of Public Works and Museum in Pramod Sawant cabinet. Ajgaonkar and Pauskar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in March 2019 thus minimizing Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party to one seat in the Goa Legislative Assembly.
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.
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.
The first elections to the Goa,Daman &Diu Legislative Assembly were held in December 1963,to elect members of the 30 constituencies,in the Union territory of Goa,Daman and Diu,India.
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.
