The Revolutionary Goans Party ( RGP) is a
regional party in the Indian state of
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 ...
. First registered as a
non-governmental organization
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when founded in March 2017, it received recognition as a
political party
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from the
Election Commission of India
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in 2022.
The party contested 38 seats in the
2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election, winning the
St Andre constituency. The party's "anti-migrant" policies have been classified as similar to the
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS).
Person of Goan Origin Bill 2019
The introduction of the bill became a major election plant for the Revolutionary Goans Party which defines a person of
Goan
Goans ( Romi Konkani: , ) is the demonym used to describe the people native to Goa, India, formerly part of Portuguese India (''Estado Português da Índia''). They form an ethno-linguistic group resulting from the assimilation of Indo-Aryan, ...
origin as “A person of Goan Origin” of the state of Goa shall mean a person who is or whose either parent or grandparent was born in Goa
prior to 20 December 1961 or who had a permanent habitation in Goa prior to 20 December 1961 and who were citizens of India post-liberation irrespective of nationality or passport they hold currently.
Electoral performance
See also
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List of political parties in India
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References
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Regionalist parties in India
Political parties in Goa
Political parties established in 2022
2022 establishments in Goa
Organisations based in Goa