| Goa Vikas Party | |
|---|---|
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[[File:|250x250px|frameless|center]] | |
| Abbreviation | GVP |
| President | Viola Pacheco |
| Founder | Sitaram Bandodkar |
| General Secretary | |
| Working President | |
The Goa Vikas Party (GVP) is a regional political party from Goa, India, was led by Francisco Pacheco.[1] The GVP was founded by late Sitaram Bandodkar,[2] and the current president is Francisco Pacheco's partner Viola Pacheco.[3][4] It was revived by Pacheco, who left the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the GVP ahead of the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election.[5] It is a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[6] It is a part of the ruling coalition in Goa, the other members being the BJP and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.[1] The GVP has two members in the Goa Legislative Assembly: Pacheco from Nuvem but he resigned[7] and Caetano Silva from Benaulim.[8]
Three daughters of Party founder Sitaram Bandodkar lodged a complaint in the Election Commission of India during the takeover of the party by Pacheco, alleging that they were not consulted during the revivification.[5] The GVP contested on nine seats and got 3.5 percent of the total votes in the 2012 Goa elections.[9] In November 2014, Pacheco was inducted as a minister in the state cabinet; the step was seen as a "thank you" to the GVP for its support to the BJP in the 2014 Indian general election.[1] However, Pacheco resigned from the post in April 2015 after getting convicted by the Supreme Court of India for assaulting a government official.[10][11] Caetano Silva raised his claim for the vacant ministerial berth,[12] and later termed the GVP as a "one-man political organisation", saying that he feels like an "independent member of the GVP".[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Goa Vikas Party supremo to lend colour to new cabinet. The Times of India(14 November 2014). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Goa Vikas Party Announces Support To BJP-MGP Combine(7 March 2012). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Mickky opens offices at Loutulim, Nuvem(4 August 2014). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Mickky yet to contact Viola, buddies clueless(13 May 2015). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Pacheco joins Goa Vikas Party. The Hindu(1 January 2012). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Adnan Farooqui & E. Sridharan (2014): Is the Coalition Era Over in Indian Politics?, The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Eye on Nuvem ticket, Mickky joins Cong | Goa News - Times of India, Aug 15, TNN /. The Times of India. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ↑ Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa. goavidhansabha.gov.in. Goa Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General election, 2012 to the legislative assembly of Goa. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Goa Guv Accepts Pacheco's Resignation. Www.outlookindia.com. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ↑ Convicted Goa Minister Mickky Pacheco resigns from state cabinet. Business Standard India(2015-04-03). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
- ↑ Caitu stakes claim for ministerial berth(4 April 2015). Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ↑ Missing an agenda and purpose of being(17 April 2015). Retrieved 5 October 2015.