Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party

Political party in India Indian political party Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party AbbreviationMGP or MAGLeaderSudin DhavalikarChairpersonDeepak DhavalikarSecretaryPratap FadteFounderDayanand BandodkarFounded1963Headquarters18th June Road, Panaji- 403001 GoaIdeologyPopulismRegionalismPolitical positionCentre-rightECI statusState PartyAllianceNDA (2012–2019), (2022–present)AITC+ (2021–2022)Seats in Goa Legislative Assembly2 / 40Number of states and union territories in government1 / 31Election symbolPolitics of IndiaPolitical partiesElections Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (abbr. MGP) is a political party in India. It was Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in Goa in 1961. The party has its base amongst non-Brahmin Hindu migrants from Maharashtra and their descendants, a group that made up a large section of the poorer residents in Goa during Portuguese rule in Goa and whose numbers increased after 1961 by mass immigration from Maharashtra at the invitation of MGP politicians. However, the MGP proposal to merge Goa with Maharashtra was met with stiff opposition from the native Goans. Indira Gandhi, the then Prime Minister of India, then offered two options: T