Pandurang Madkaikar

Pandurang Madkaikar in 2016

Pandurang Arjun Madkaikar (born 10 September 1964) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister[1] in the Government of Goa. He is member of the Bharatiya Janata Party[2] and a former member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the Cumbarjua constituency.[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 by-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

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