Party Name : Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Constituency : Panaji
State : Goa
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 1 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 11
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Positions Held : 1973-79 and Member, Goa Legislative Assembly 1980-84 1976-84 President, Pedine Block Advisory Committee (comprising Sarpanchas, MLAs and MPs) 1980-90 and Leader of Opposition, Goa Legislative Assembly March 1991 1981-86 General Secretary, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party 1986-90 President, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party March 1990- Deputy Chief Minister, Goa Dec.1990 June'96 onwards Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) Minister of State (Independent charge), Department of Law and Justice
Social and Cultural Activities : Founder and President, Primary, secondary and higher secondary schools; affiliated to Pedine Taluka Vikas Parishad 1976 onwards; Founder and Vice President (i) Marathi Rajbhasha Presthapan Samiti, Convener of 18 Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Goa (ii) Hindu Gramstha Sabha Goa; Founder Member (i)Governing body Marathi Academy (Goa); (ii) Goa-Maharashtra Maitri Sangh (iii)Indo-Mangolian Chamber of Commerce; and (iv)Indo-Mangolian Maitri Sangh; Member Jagatik Marathi Parishad World Marathi Conference; Actively working in the field of education, sports, co-operatives, music and drama besides political activities
Special Interests : Development and organization of co-operative enterprises and educational and sports organization
Favourite Pastime and Recreation : Marathi and Konkani stage (dramas), Indian classical music and reading
Sports and Clubs : Vice-President, Goa Cricket Association, 1976-1984; President, Goa Cricket Association, 1984-1991; Founder-President (i) Bardez Gymkhana, till 1987; and (ii) Cricket Club Mapusa, Goa; Member, Panaji Gymkhana, Panaji and Club Gaspar Dias, Panaji Member, Goa International Centre
Countries Visited : Canada, U.K. and USA, in a lecture tour in 1988; also visited France, Germany and Holland as a member of a delegation of National Federation of Urban Co-operative Bank 1990; visited China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Thailand as a member of delegation of Indo-Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Indo-Mongolian Friendship Society in 1995.
Other Information : Participatd in the struggle for liberation of Goa; Chairman (i) Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.; Goa 1977-84 and 1988 onwards (ii) The Bardez Bazaar Co-operative Store Ltd., Mapusa Goa, 1991 onwards; Director, Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., Goa, 1984-88.
