Atanasio Monserrate, also known as Babush, is an

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from the state of

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. Babush is a three term member of the

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. He is a member of the

from

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. He was the

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for Taleigao. He is married to

Jennifer Monserrate Jennifer Monserrate (born 24 March 1970) is an Indian politician who is a three-term member from the Taleigao Assembly constituency of the Goa Legislative Assembly. She is the incumbent Cabinet Minister for Revenue, IT, Labour and Employment un ...

, Taleigao. He was one of the ten members of

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who joined

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in July 2019.

Political career

Babush contested his first election in 2002 on a

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ticket from the Taleigao Vidhan Sabha constituency. His opponent was two-term sitting member of the Assembly Somnath Datta Zuwarkar from the

. Monserrate defeated Zuwarkar by about two thousand votes and was elected for the very first time to the Goa assembly. Babush was made a Minister of Town and Country Planning in the

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Parrikar (born Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar; 13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party who served as Chief Minister of Goa from 14 March 2017 until his death. Previous ...

led Government. In 2005, he and two other ministers resigned from the

led Government leaving it in a minority and thus bringing down the

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. In the coming by-election, Babush switched sides and fought the election on an

ticket and won the election by defeating Silveira Agnelo Mariano of the

by about four thousand votes. He was made a minister in the Congress government under Chief Minister

Pratapsingh Rane Pratapsingh Raoji Rane (born 28 January 1939) is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He has served as the Chief Minister of Goa a record seven times and was also the former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He has be ...

. In the 2007 assembly elections, Monserrate was pitted against Silveira Agnelo Marian of the

. Babush won that election by about two thousand votes and was appointed the Education minister of the state under Chief Minister

Digambar Kamat Digambar Kamat (born 8 March 1954) is an Indian politician. He was the Chief Minister of Goa from 2007 to 2012. Manohar Parikar succeeded him after his term as the Chief Minister of Goa. From 2006 to 2019, he was the president of Swimming Fede ...

. In the 2012, assembly election he vacated his safe seat of Taleigao for his wife

and contested from the Santa Cruz constituency. Monserrate won that election on a Congress ticket defeating Rodolfo Louis Fernandes by about two thousand three hundred votes. In that same election, Monserrate's wife Jennifer Monserrate also won her election from the Taleigao Vidhan Sabha constituency thus making history of sorts by having a wife and husband to be elected to the Goa Assembly. He was expelled from the Indian National Congress in 2015 for six years for "anti-party activities". Monserrate contested the 2017 election from the

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and lost to Sidharth Sripad Kuncalienker of the Bharatiya Janata Party by about a thousand votes. In July 2017 Monserrate joined the

Goa Forward Party Goa Forward Party ( GFP) is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa, led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial, if controversi ...

Rape Allegations

In May 2016, Goa police arrested Monserrate for rape of a minor.

References

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