Pandurang Madkaikar

Pandurang Arjun Madkaikar is an Indian politician and a former Minister[1] in the Government of Goa. He is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.[2] Madkaikar is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Cumbarjua constituency in North Goa.[3][4][5]

Personal life

Pandurang Madkaikar was born on 10 September 1964.[6] His wife Janita is the Sarpanch of the Old Goa Village Panchayat.[7]

Political career

Madkaikar was first elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Cumbarjua constituency in 2002 Assembly elections as a candidate of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party[8] and became the Transport Minister of Goa in the coalition government headed by Manohar Parrikar.[9] He joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2003[10] In January 2005,[11] Madkaikar was also allotted the portfolios of Revenue as well as Printing & Stationery.

He quit the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2005 to join the Indian National Congress,resigning as a MLA on 29 January 2005,[12][13][14] thereby causing the collapse of the Manohar Parrikar Ministry.[15]

Madkaikar won a bye-election in 2005 to the Goa Legislative Assembly the Cumbarjua constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.[16] He was inducted in the Pratapsingh Rane Ministry and served as the Minister for Transport, River Navigation and Sports & Youth Affairs.[17]

In the 2007 Goa Assembly election, Madkaikar won the Cumbarjua constituency as a candidate of the Indian National Congress.[18] He was appointed as a Cabinet Minister in the Digambar Kamat Ministry on 25 June 2007 with the portfolios of Transport and Social Welfare.[19][20] Madkaikar was also allocated the portfolio of River Navigation on 17 December 2007. He was dropped from the Cabinet on 12 March 2008.[21]

Madkaikar served as the Chairman of the newly established[22] Goa Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes[23] from 14 February 2011 to 25 January 2012.[24]

Madkaikar won the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the Cumbarjua constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate.[25] In December 2016, he resigned as a MLA to join the Bharatiya Janata Party.[26] He successfully contested the 2017 Goa Assembly election from Cumbarjua as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate.[27]

Madkaikar served as the Minister for Power, Social Welfare and Non-Conventional Energy in the third Manohar Parrikar ministry from 14 March 2017 to 24 September 2018.[28] In June 2018, Madkaikar suffered a brain stroke in Mumbai following which he was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital.[29][30] He underwent a surgery[31] and is currently recovering.[32]

Since 25 July 2018, the portfolios allotted to Madkaikar were being looked after by Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar during the period of his absence.[33] On 24 September 2018, Madkaikar was dropped from the Cabinet along with Francis D'Souza.[34][35]

References
  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726065904/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1819/1819-16-SII-EOG-2.pdf
  2. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/madkaikar-joins-bjp-calls-it-corruption-free/articleshow/56129525.cms
  3. Pandurang Madkaikar joined the Bharatiya Janata Party
  4. "Madkaikar to join BJP on Dec 22"
  5. Madkaikar joins BJP
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924140122/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/44_promember_PMADKAIKAR-17.pdf
  7. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924142158/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/madkaikars-wife-is-old-goa-sarpanch/articleshow/59431621.cms?
  8. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924130355/https://www.eci.nic.in/archive/Mayse2002/pollupd/ac/states/s05/Partycomp14.htm
  9. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924131910/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0203/0203-9-SII-EOG-3.pdf
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924132344/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Madkaikars-land-deal-draws-CMs-ire/articleshow/38941584.cms?
  11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924141838/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0405/0405-44-SII-EOG-3.pdf
  12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924133529/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0405/0405-44-SII-EOG-6.pdf
  13. http://www.rediff.com/news/2005/jan/29goa3.htm
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924132344/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Madkaikars-land-deal-draws-CMs-ire/articleshow/38941584.cms?
  15. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924132753/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Is-Madkaikar-likely-to-quit-Cong-for-greener-pastures/articleshow/54502923.cms?
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  20. http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0708/0708-12-SII-EOG-5.pdf
  21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924140536/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0708/0708-50-SII-EOG-1.pdf
  22. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924141107/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Cumbarjua-MLA-to-head-SC/ST-panel/articleshow/7505187.cms?
  23. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924141138/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/The-Sunday-Roundtable/madkaikar-made-chairman-of-sc-st-commission/44910.html
  24. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924140122/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/44_promember_PMADKAIKAR-17.pdf
  25. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924143241/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1112/1112-48-SII-EOG-8.pdf
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924142725/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/madkaikar-joins-bjp-calls-it-corruption-free/articleshow/56129525.cms?
  27. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924144315/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-49-SII-EOG-3.pdf
  28. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924124025/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1819/1819-25-SII-EOG-1.pdf
  29. https://www.ndtv.com/goa-news/goa-minister-suffers-brain-stroke-in-mumbai-undergoes-surgery-1862617
  30. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/goa-minister-suffers-stroke-admitted-to-mumbai-hospital/articleshow/64458857.cms
  31. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726070942/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa-News/Madkaikar-suffers-stroke-undergoes-successful-surgery/131797.html
  32. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726071009/https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa-News/Madkaikar-improving-out-of-ICU-ventilator/132505.html
  33. https://web.archive.org/web/20180726065904/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1819/1819-16-SII-EOG-2.pdf
  34. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924124025/http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1819/1819-25-SII-EOG-1.pdf
  35. https://web.archive.org/web/20180924125511/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/goa/francis-dsouza-unhappy-on-being-dropped-from-goa-cabinet-5372071/
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