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Goa People's Congress (GPC) was a splinter group of the
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 ...
in
Goa Goa (; ; ) is a state on the southwestern coast of India within the Konkan region, geographically separated from the Deccan highlands by the Western Ghats. It is bound by the Indian states of Maharashtra to the north, and Karnataka to the ...
. GPC broke away from INC in 2000 under the leadership of
Francisco Sardinha Francisco Cosme Sardinha (born 15 April 1946) is an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing South Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Minister of Goa from 24 November 1999 to ...
. GPC formed a coalition government in the state together with
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 ...
with Sardinha as Chief Minister. That government lasted nine months. After having broken relations to GPC, BJP continued to govern with support form other Congress dissidents. After the fall of the Sardinha cabinet two GPC members of the legislative assembly, led by
Dayanand Narvekar Dayanand Ganesh Narvekar (born 11 February 1950) is an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Goa from January 1985 to September 1989. He has also been the Finance Minister and the Deputy Chief Minister of Go ...
, broke away and formed a parallel GPC.Why Goa continues to be plagued by defections
''Rediff''. Sardinha's GPC merged with
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 ...
on 5 April 2001. Narvekar's GPC merged with INC 27 August the same year.


List of Chief Minister

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Francisco Sardinha Francisco Cosme Sardinha (born 15 April 1946) is an Indian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP), representing South Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Minister of Goa from 24 November 1999 to ...
** First term: 24 November 1999 to 23 October 2000


See also

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Indian National Congress breakaway parties Since India gained independence in 1947, the Indian National Congress (INC) has seen a number of splits and breakaway factions. Some of the breakaway organisations have survived as independent parties, some have become defunct, while others hav ...


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{{reflist Defunct political parties in Goa 2000 establishments in Goa Indian National Congress breakaway groups Political parties established in 2000 Political parties disestablished in 2001