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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1971)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Babu Kavlekar
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| caption = Official portrait in 2017
| office = 9th [[List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Goa|Deputy Chief Minister Goa]]
| term_start = 13 July 2019
| term_end = 15 March 2022
| constituency = [[Quepem (Goa Assembly constituency)|Quepem]]
| predecessor = [[Vijai Sardesai]]
| successor = ''Vacant''
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = Quitol, [[Goa]], India
| occupation = [[Politician]]
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| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>(till 2019)
| party = [[Bharatiya Janta Party]] (since 2019)
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'''Chandrakant''' "'''Babu'''" '''Kavlekar''' (born 7 May 1971) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister who served as the Minister of Town and Country Planning, Agriculture, Archives, Archaeology, Factories and Boilers of Goa in the [[Government of Goa]].<ref>GOVT OF GOA</ref> He belongs to [[Dhangar]]<ref>{{cite news | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/dhangars-sore-over-kavlekars-exclusion-during-prez-visit/articleshow/64953409.cms | title=Dhangars sore over Chandrakant Kavlekar's exclusion during Ram Nath Kovind's visit | Goa News - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=12 July 2018 }}</ref> caste. He was a four-term member<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/goa-gets-4-new-ministers-in-cabinet-rejig-chandrakant-kavlekar-sworn-in-as-new-dy-cm-2228587.html | title=Goa Gets Four New Ministers in Cabinet Reshuffle, Chandrakant Kavlekar Sworn in as New Deputy CM | work=www.news18.com | date=13 July 2019 | access-date=July 13, 2019}}</ref> of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] and represented the [[Quepem]] constituency from 2002 to 2022.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Kavlekar-rules-the-roost-in-Quepem/articleshow/49680074.cms | title=Kavlekar rules the roost in Quepem | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com | date=6 November 2015 | access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.myneta.info/goa2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=46 | title=Chandrakant Kavlekar (Winner) QUEPEM (SOUTH GOA) | work=myneta.info | access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/QMC-says-no-to-mining-trucks-within-Quepem/articleshow/51953588.cms | title=QMC says no to mining trucks within Quepem | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com | date=23 April 2016 | access-date=15 May 2016}}</ref>

==Career==
In the election for legislative assembly Kavlekar beat BJP candidate Prakash Velip to be elected as MLA for a fourth consecutive term.

On 11 July 2019, he left the [[Indian National Congress]] and joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was appointed Deputy Chief Minister on 13 July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/goa-news/goa-opposition-leader-chandrakant-kavlekar-who-joined-bjp-to-be-made-deputy-chief-minister-2069293?amp=1&akamai-rum=off|title = Goa Opposition Leader, Who Joined BJP, to be Made Deputy Chief Minister}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://goaassembly.gov.in/member.php?id=51&flag=MLA&aid=7 Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106071525/http://goaassembly.gov.in/member.php?id=51&flag=MLA&aid=7 |date=6 January 2017 }}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Goa]]
[[Category:Politicians from South Goa district]]
[[Category:Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians]]
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2017–2022]]
[[Category:Leaders of the opposition in Goa]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa]]
[[Category:1971 births]]
[[Category:Deputy chief ministers of Goa]]
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2002–2007]]
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2007–2012]]
[[Category:Goa MLAs 2012–2017]]

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