Chandrakant "Babu" Kavlekar (born 7 May 1971) is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister who served as the Minister of Town and Country Planning, Agriculture, Archives, Archaeology, Factories and Boilers of Goa in the

Government of Goa The Government of Goa is a state government created by the Constitution of India and has executive, legislative and judicial authority of the state of Goa. It is headquartered in Panaji, the capital city of Goa. History The governor's is large ...

. He belongs to

Dhangar The Dhangars are caste of people found in the Indian states of Maharashtra, northern Karnataka, Goa, Madhya Pradesh . They are referred to as Gavli Dhangars in northern Maharashtra ( Khandesh region) and the forested hill tracts of India's We ...

caste. He was a four-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 assem ...

and represented the

Quepem Quepem (''Kepem'') is a town with a municipal council in South Goa district in the Indian state of Goa. The town is the administrative headquarters of the Quepem taluka (sub-district). History The town was established by a Portuguese noble ...

constituency from 2002 to 2022.

Career

In the election for legislative assembly Kavlekar successfully won against BJP candidate Prakash Velip and was elected as MLA for fourth consecutive term. On 11 July 2019, he left

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

and joined

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

. He was appointed Deputy Chief Minister on 13 July 2019.

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Members of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Goa Politicians from South Goa district Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party politicians Goa MLAs 2017–2022 Leaders of the opposition in Goa Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa 1971 births Deputy chief ministers of Goa Goa MLAs 2002–2007 Goa MLAs 2007–2012 Goa MLAs 2012–2017 {{Goa-INC-politician-stub