Milind Naik is an Indian

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from the state of

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. He was a

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of the

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representing the

Mormugao Mormugao is a coastal town situated in the eponymous subdistrict of Southern Goa state, India. It has a deep natural harbour and remains Goa's chief port. Towards the end of the Indo-Portuguese era in 1917, thirty-one settlements were c ...

constituency.

Ministry

He was a minister in the Laxmikant Parsekar led government in

Portfolios

* Urban Development * Social Welfare * Provedoria

Controversies

Milind Naik was not in favour of a

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in July 2020, while

n town city council, local businesses, market committees as well as other BJP MLAs appealed for a voluntary lockdown. It has been reported that allegedly, the lockdown has not been imposed in order to allow the transportation of

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and other minerals from Mormugao Port Trust.

References

Goa MLAs 2007–2012 Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Goa People from Vasco da Gama, Goa Goa MLAs 2017–2022 Year of birth missing (living people) Goa MLAs 2012–2017 {{Goa-politician-stub