Manohar Trimbak Ajgaonkar (born 6 November 1954) is an Indian politician and member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...
. Ajgaonkar is a first term member of the
Goa Legislative Assembly
The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. The Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The asse ...
in 2007 from the
Dhargalim constituency in
Pernem
Pernem or Pedne (pronounced ) is a town and a municipal council in North Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. It is the capital of the Pernem Sub-District
Geography
Pernem is one of the twelve sub-districts of Goa. Pernem sub-district c ...
.
He started his career with
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
. He joined
Bharatiya Janata Party
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in 2002 and won the seat. He returned to
Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...
in 2007 and retained the seat. He joined
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961. In the first elections held after the Annexation of Goa by India, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed in power t ...
in 2017. He also declared his candidature from
Pernem constituency in
North Goa
North Goa district is one of the two districts that constitutes the state of Goa, India. The district has an area of , and is bounded by Kolhapur and Sindhudurg districts of Maharashtra state to the north and by Belgavi district of Karnataka t ...
.
Ajgaonkar and Pauskar joined the
Bharatiya Janata Party
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in March 2019 thus minimizing
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party ( MGP) was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961. In the first elections held after the Annexation of Goa by India, it ascended to power in December 1963 and stayed in power t ...
to one seat in the
Goa Legislative Assembly
The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. The Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The asse ...
. Ajgaonkar was appointed
Deputy Chief Minister of Goa.
Manohar Ajgaonkar appointed deputy chief minister days after he quit MGP and joined BJP
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References
1954 births
People from Margao
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa
Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Living people
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians
Indian National Congress politicians from Goa
Goa MLAs 2017–2022
Deputy chief ministers of Goa
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