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|office = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] of Civil Supplies and Price Control<br />Water Resources<br />Archives & Archaeology<br />Art & Culture in the [[Goa]] [[Government]]
|term_start = 2012
|term_end = 11 March 2017<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/03/11/goa-chief-minister-laxmikant-parsekar-submits-resignation-to-gov/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417070428/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2017/03/11/goa-chief-minister-laxmikant-parsekar-submits-resignation-to-gov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|office1 = Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
|primeminister1 =
|term_start1 =2012
|term_end1 =11 March 2017
|constituency1 = [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]]
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|successor1 = [[Vinoda Paliencar]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prudentmedia.in/politics/vinod-paliencar-of-goa-forward-wins-from-siolim.html | title=Goa News, Latest Goa Breaking News & Live TV - Prudent Media }}</ref><ref>http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-49-SII-EOG-3.pdf#page=1113 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|office2 = Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
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|term_start2 =2007
|term_end2 =2012
|constituency2 = [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]]
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|office3 = Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
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|term_start3 = 2002<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_se2002_GA.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025205916/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/Stat_rep_se2002_GA.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|term_end3 = 2005 (disqualfiied)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=817|title = SC disqualifies Arlekar-Mandrekar}}</ref>
|constituency3 = [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]]
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|office4 = Member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]
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|term_start4 = 1999<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReportof%20Goa-99.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=17 April 2017 |archive-date=25 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025204845/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReportof%20Goa-99.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|term_end4 = 2002
|constituency4 = [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]]
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|party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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'''Dayanand Rayu Mandrekar'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/interactives/election-candidates-2017/goa/siolim/|title = Find out who is contesting from Siolim, Goa}}</ref> is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[politician]] from the state of [[Goa]]. He was a three term member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] representing the [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]] constituency.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Mandrekar-backs-panchayats-opposing-relocation-of-casinos/articleshow/48519776.cms | title=Mandrekar backs panchayats opposing relocation of casinos | work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com | access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.myneta.info/goa2012/candidate.php?candidate_id=7 | title=Dayanand Mandrekar (Winner) SIOLIM (NORTH GOA) | work=myneta.info | access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref>

==Political career==
Dayanand Mandrekar was first elected to the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] in the 1999 [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] election from the
[[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]] constituency as a candidate of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html | title=Goa Assembly Election Results in 2002 }}</ref> He retained the [[Siolim (Goa Assembly constituency)|Siolim]] in the 2002, [[2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2007]] and [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2012]] Assembly elections. He was disqualified in 2005 by the [[Bombay High Court]] for holding an [[office of profit]] and the conviction upheld by the [[Supreme Court of India]], as a result of which Mandrekar lost his office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2007/01/18/sc-upholds-disqualification-of-2-goa-mlas-on-office-of-profit-1169191093.html|title = SC upholds disqualification of 2 Goa MLAs on office of profit|date = 19 January 2007}}</ref>

The [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] led by [[Manohar Parrikar]] formed the government in [[Goa]] in 2002 after the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]. Dayanand Mandrekar served as the Cabinet Minister in the government led by Parrikar from 3 June 2002 to 2 February 2005 and was allotted the portfolios of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services and Non-Conventional Source of Energy.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154545/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=1483|title=Supporting 5 get imp. Portfolios (By: SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, PANAJI)}}</ref> When the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] regained power post the [[2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election|2012 election]], Mandrekar was inducted as a Cabinet Minister. He was allotted the portfolios of Water Resources, Civil Supplies & Price Control and At & Culture<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?rnpageno=55&newsid=1968&catid=197|title = PWD to Sudin, Urban Dev to Francis, Tourism to Matanhy (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI)}}</ref>

After [[Manohar Parrikar]] was appointed the [[Minister of Defence (India)|Union Minister of Defence]], [[Laxmikant Parsekar]] succeeded Parrikar as the [[Chief Minister of Goa]]. Mandrekar served as a Cabinet Minister in the government [[Laxmikant Parsekar]] and held the portfolios of Panchayats, Civil Supplies and Price Control, Water Resources, Archives & Archaeology and Art & Culture.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/goa-cm-parsekar-allocates-portfolios-114111501339_1.html|title = Goa CM Parsekar allocates portfolios|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 15 November 2014|agency = Press Trust of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-chief-minister-laxmikant-parsekar-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-2035463|title = Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar allocates portfolios to ministers}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?rnpageno=216&newsid=5426&catid=197 | title=No(n) co-operation with MGP, Mickky also gets minor portfolios (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI) }}</ref> In a cabinet reshuffle held in October 2015, Mandrekar was stripped of the Panchayats portfolio and the same was allotted to [[Rajendra Arlekar]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/arlekar-gets-environment-panchayat-portfolios/|title = Arlekar gets Environment, Panchayat portfolios|date = 4 October 2015}}</ref> Mandrekar expressed his displeasure stating that he was not consulted before discharging him of the Panchayat portfolio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/goa/Mandrekar-not-consulted-before-portfolio-reshuffle/amp_articleshow/49234920.cms|title=Mandrekar 'not consulted' before portfolio reshuffle | Goa News - Times of India|website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> He stated that while he was not upset about the portfolio being taken away, he was unhappy because he was not consulted by the [[Chief Minister of Goa|Chief Minister]] [[Laxmikant Parsekar]] prior to the same.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/upset-over-manner-in-which-portfolio-taken-away-mandrekar/|title = Upset over manner in which portfolio taken away: Mandrekar|date = 5 October 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6158 | title=Mandrekar bursts out, Arlekar-Alina still upset over 'portfolio humiliation' (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI) }}</ref>

In December 2016, Mandrekar was allotted the portfolio of Archives and Archeology.<ref>http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-36-SII-EOG-1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

Mandrekar also served as the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Board.<ref>http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0102/0102-4-SII-EOG-4.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><ref>Civil Supplies & Price Control</ref> He was the Chairman of the Goa Meat Complex Ltd. and a member of the [[North Goa district|North Goa]] [[District Councils of India|Zilla Panchayat]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154545/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

He lost the [[2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election]] to [[Goa Forward Party]]'s [[Vinoda Paliencar]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.prudentmedia.in/politics/vinod-paliencar-of-goa-forward-wins-from-siolim.html | title=Goa News, Latest Goa Breaking News & Live TV - Prudent Media }}</ref><ref>http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-49-SII-EOG-3.pdf#page=1113 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

==Controversy==
As the Art & Culture Minister he compared Nigerians to ‘cancer’ in [[Goa]]. He later apologized for his statement.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-minister-dayanand-mandrekar-equates-nigerians-to-cancer-1913357 | title=GOA MINISTER DAYANAND MANDREKAR EQUATES NIGERIANS TO CANCER | work=dnaindia.com | access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/goa-minister-dayanand-mandrekar-apologises-for-calling-nigerians-a-cancer/ | title=Goa minister Dayanand Mandrekar apologises for calling Nigerians a 'cancer' | work=indianexpress.com | date=12 March 2014 | access-date=13 May 2016}}</ref>

== External links ==
* [http://goaassembly.gov.in/council-of-ministers.php Goa councle of ministers]

== References ==
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[[Category:Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa]]
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[[Category:People from North Goa district]]
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