Pandurang Arjun Madkaikar (born 10 September 1964) is an Indian politician and a former cabinet minister in the

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. He is member of the

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and a former member of the

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from the Cumbarjua constituency.

Personal life

Pandurang Madkaikar was born on 10 September 1964. His wife Janita served as the

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of the

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Village Panchayat.

Political career

Madkaikar was first elected to the

from the Cumbarjua constituency in 2002 Assembly elections as a candidate of the

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and became the Transport Minister of Goa in the coalition government headed by

Manohar Parrikar Manohar Gopalkrishna Prabhu Parrikar (13 December 1955 – 17 March 2019) was an Indian politician and a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party who was the Chief Minister of Goa for three terms. He also served as the Union Minister of Defence ...

. He joined the

in 2003 In January 2005, Madkaikar was also allotted the portfolios of Revenue as well as Printing & Stationery. He quit the

in 2005 to join the

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, resigning as a MLA on 29 January 2005, thereby causing the collapse of the

Ministry. Madkaikar won a

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in 2005 to the

the Cumbarjua constituency as a candidate of the

. He was inducted in the

Pratapsingh Rane Pratapsingh Raoji Rane (born 28 January 1939) is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Minister of Goa a record seven times and was also the former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He has been a Member of Legis ...

Ministry and served as the Minister for Transport, River Navigation and Sports & Youth Affairs. In the 2007 Goa Assembly election, Madkaikar won the Cumbarjua constituency as a candidate of the

. He was appointed a Cabinet Minister in the

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Ministry on 25 June 2007 with the portfolios of Transport and Social Welfare. Madkaikar was also allocated the portfolio of River Navigation on 17 December 2007. He was dropped from the Cabinet on 12 March 2008. Madkaikar served as the Chairman of the newly established Goa Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes from 14 February 2011 to 25 January 2012. Madkaikar won the

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from the Cumbarjua constituency as an

candidate. In December 2016, he resigned as a MLA to join the

. He successfully contested the 2017 Goa Assembly election from Cumbarjua as a

candidate. Madkaikar served as the Minister for Power, Social Welfare and Non-Conventional Energy in the third Manohar Parrikar ministry from 14 March 2017 to 24 September 2018. In June 2018, Madkaikar suffered a brain stroke in

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following which he was admitted to the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital. He underwent a surgery and is currently recovering. Since 25 July 2018, the portfolios allotted to Madkaikar were being looked after by Chief Minister

during the period of his absence. On 24 September 2018, Madkaikar was dropped from the Cabinet along with Francis D'Souza.

References

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