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'''Atanasio Monserrate''', also known as “Babush”, is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[politician]] from the state of [[Goa]]. Monserrate is a three term member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Monserrate-locks-horns-with-Parsekar/articleshow/51438758.cms|title=Monserrate locks horns with Parsekar|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

He was one of the ten members of [[Indian National Congress]] who joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in July 2019.<ref>[https://zeenews.india.com/goa/10-former-goa-congress-mlas-who-joined-bjp-to-meet-amit-shah-today-2218359.html 10 former Goa Congress MLAs, who joined BJP, reach Delhi to meet Amit Shah]</ref><ref>[https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/congress-splits-in-40-member-goa-assembly-10-of-15-mlas-may-join-bjp-1562771258050.html In fresh jolt to Congress in Goa, 10 party legislators switch to BJP]</ref>

==Political career==
Monserrate contested his first election in 2002 on a [[United Goans Democratic Party]] ticket from the [[Taleigao]] Vidhan Sabha constituency. His opponent was two-term sitting member of the Assembly Somnath Datta Zuwarkar from the [[Indian National Congress]]. Monserrate defeated Zuwarkar by about two thousand votes and was elected for the very first time to the Goa assembly.<ref name=traceall>{{cite web|url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Taleigao-in-Goa|title=Election Results in Taleigao, Goa|publisher=elections.traceall.in|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>

Monserrate was made a Minister of Town and Country Planning in the [[Manohar Parrikar]] led Government. In 2005, Monserrate and two other ministers resigned from the [[Manohar Parrikar]] led Government leaving it in a minority and thus bringing down the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] [[Government of Goa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/30/stories/2005013005210100.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Crisis in Goa as three BJP MLAs quit|date=2005-01-30|accessdate=8 October 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In the coming by-election, Monserrate switched sides and fought the election on an Indian national congress ticket and won the election by defeating Silveira Agnelo Mariano of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by about four thousand votes.<ref name=traceall/> Monserrate was made a minister in the congress government under Chief Minister [[Pratapsingh Rane]]. In the 2007 assembly elections, Monserrate was pitted against Silveira Agnelo Marian of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

Monserrate won that election by about two thousand votes<ref name=traceall/> and was appointed the Education minister of the state under Chief Minister [[Digambar Kamat]]. In the 2012, assembly election Monserrate vacated his safe seat of [[Taleigao]] for his wife [[Jennifer Monserrate]] and contested from the [[Santa Cruz, Goa|Santa Cruz]] constituency. Monserrate won that election on a Congress ticket defeating Rodolfo Louis Fernandes by about two thousand three hundred votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Santa-Cruz-in-Goa|title=Last Election Results in Santa Cruz, Goa|publisher=elections.traceall.in|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>

In that same election, Monserrate's wife Jennifer Monserrate also won her election from the [[Taleigao]] Vidhan Sabha constituency thus making history of sorts by having a wife and husband to be elected to the Goa Assembly.<ref name=traceall/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/either-jennifer-or-tony-may-make-sacrifice-for-babush|title=Either Jennifer or Tony may make sacrifice for Babush|work=Navhindtimes.in}}</ref> He was expelled from the Indian National Congress in 2015 for six years for "anti-party activities".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Congress-expels-Babush-for-6-yrs/articleshow/46534183.cms|title=Congress expels Babush for 6 years|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

Monserrate contested the 2017 election from the [[Panaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and lost to Sidharth Sripad Kuncalienker of the Bharatiya Janata Party by about a thousand votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Santa-Cruz-in-Goa|title=Last Election Results in Panaji, Goa|publisher=traceall.in|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>

In July 2017 Monserrate joined the [[Goa Forward Party]].<ref>[https://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7616 Babush joins Goa Forward, to support Parrikar in Panaji], goanews.com; accessed 8 October 2017.</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ponnjekars-have-reposed-faith-in-parrikar-says-babush/articleshow/60266756.cms Ponnjekars have reposed faith in Parrikar, says Babush], timesofindia.indiatimes.com; accessed 8 October 2017.</ref><ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/walkover-for-manohar-parrikar-babush-monserrate-joins-ruling-goa-forward-leaves-congress-in-the-lurch-4766593/ Walkover for Manohar Parrikar? Babush Monserrate joins ruling Goa Forward, leaves Congress in the lurch], indianexpress.com; accessed 8 October 2017.</ref>

==Rape Allegations==
In May 2016, Goa police arrested Monserrate for rape of a minor{{why|date=October 2017}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-rape-case-MLA-Atanasio-Monserrates-police-custody-extended-by-3-days/articleshow/52186121.cms|title=Goa rape case: MLA Atanasio Monserrate's police custody extended by 3 days|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Babush-Monserrate-gets-special-privileges-in-custody/articleshow/52170107.cms|title=Babush Monserrate gets special privileges in custody|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/before-rape-goa-mla-bought-minor-girl-for-rs-50-lakh/1/660489.html|title=Before rape, Goa MLA 'bought' minor girl for Rs 50 lakh|work=indiatoday.intoday.in|accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref> 

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->Jaywardhan009 at 01:05, 15 July 2021