Vinoda Datarama Paliencar is an Indian politician and a former

cabinet Minister A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers. In some jurisdictions the head of government is also a minister and is designated the ' prime minister', ' p ...

in the

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. He is also a former Member of the

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representing the

Siolim Siolim () is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembly, ...

constituency from 2017 to 2022, and belongs to the

Goa Forward Party Goa Forward Party ( GFP) is a regional political party in the western coastal Indian state of Goa, led by Vijai Sardesai. The GFP fielded four candidates in the 2017 Goa Assembly election and won three seats. It played a crucial, if controvers ...

. Paliencar was the Minister for Fisheries and Water Resources Department. He is a classical singer. Paliencar is the in-charge of the OBC wing of the

Early life

Vinoda Paliencar obtained a Bachelor of Arts (''Sangeet Visharad'') degree in classical music in 1988 from the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Mahavidyalaya Mandal,

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. Paliencar is a disciple of Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki.

Political career

Paliencar served as a panch of the

-Marna Panchayat. His brother Uday Paliencar had unsuccessfully contested the

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012. The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya ...

as a candidate of the

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from the

constituency. Paliencar quit the

to join the

on 11 October 2016. He contested the

2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election The 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election was held on 4 February 2017 to elect the 40 members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of Sixth Legislative Assembly ended on 18 March 2017. VVPAT-fitted EVMs was used in entire Goa ...

as a candidate of the

from the

constituency and defeated the

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's Dayanand Mandrekar who was elected from

for continuous four terms and was considered a political heavyweight. On 12 July 2017, Paliencar was appointed the in-charge of the OBC wing of the

Cabinet Minister

After the

led 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 ...

formed the government after the 2017 Assembly elections with the support of the Goa forward, Paliencar was sworn in as a

on 14 March 2017. He was allotted the portfolios of Fisheries and Water Resources Department. After being appointed a

paid a surprise visit to the Water Resources Department's office at

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and found that while some officials were not present in the office, others were sleeping during office hours. A

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was served to the erring officials. Paliencar demanded a complete ban on

rave A rave (from the verb: '' to rave'') is a dance party at a warehouse, club, or other public or private venue, typically featuring performances by DJs playing electronic dance music. The style is most associated with the early 1990s dance mus ...

parties on

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's beaches and alleged there the police were turning a blind eye to such parties. Paliencar said in an interview that he was 'pressurized' for his stand against the late night

parties. Paliencar introduced a scheme named ''Nital Goem, Nital Baim'' under which the Water Resources Department shall provide subsidy up to Rs. 50,000/- for the rejuvenation of wells in

Stance on Mhadei river

After the controversy resulting out of

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's letter to the

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President B. S. Yeddyurappa, Paliencar suggested that Parrikar's letter was a ''political stunt'' and categorically stated that ''(we will) not give a single drop of (

Mhadei The Mandovi (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ) or Mahadayi (International Phonetic Alphabet, IPA: ), formerly known as the Rio de Goa, is a river described as the lifeline of the Indian state of Goa. The Mandovi and the Zuari River, Zua ...

's) water to

''.

Controversy

After visiting the Kalasa-Banduri Nala project site on 13 January 2018, Paliencar while accusing

of diverting the water of

river referred to the people of

as ''harami'' but later admitted that he had used the expletive at the spur of the moment. He requested the media to expunge the abusive word. Paliencar's comments sparked protests in

and political leaders including Chief Minister

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and

President B. S. Yeddyurappa demanded an apology. After an outrage of social media and demands for an apology, Paliencar through his Twitter account claimed that ''The so-called abusive words were misquoted & reported by Journalist without being present for press conference.''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Paliencar, Vinoda Politicians from North Goa district Goa MLAs 2017–2022 Goa Forward Party politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Indian National Congress politicians from Goa