Chandrakant Kavlekar, a former leader of Opposition, is likely to be appointed as the deputy chief minister, the post previously held by Vijai Sardesai.
July 13, 2019Chandrakant Kavlekar, the Leader of the Opposition in the 40-member state assembly, said that the Parrikar government has lost majority following the demise of BJP MLA Francis D’Souza.
March 16, 2019Sawant on Wednesday had said that the notice given in September by Congress lawmakers seeking his removal was "not maintainable".
October 4, 2018The Congress has urged the Governor not to dissolve the Assembly and instead invite the party to form the government.
September 17, 2018Goa opposition leader Chandrakant Kavlekar on Friday appeared before the Goa Police’s crime branch in connection with an illegal gambling probe. Kavlekar was summoned by the Crime Branch, after a raid at his residence on Wednesday netted thousands of gambling slips related to matka, a popular illegal lottery popular in Goa as well as the …
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September 22, 2017Translation of property deeds registered in Kerala from Malayalam to the English language was among the key reasons which could have delayed a probe into Goa opposition leader and Congress MLA Chandrakant Kavlekar’s disproportionate assets for four years. Three-time MLA Kavlekar and his wife were booked and their properties raided on Saturday by the Anti-Corruption …
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September 17, 2017The leader of Opposition in the Goa assembly and Congress MLA Chandrakant Kavlekar and his wife Savitri, also a Congress leader, booked in connection with a 2013 disproportionate assets case on Saturday, even as Anti-Corruption Bureau sleuths raided the residence and office premises owned by the couple. According to Superintendent of Police (ACB) Bosco George, …
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September 16, 2017An Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) team of the Goa Police on Saturday, raided the residence and other properties owned by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant Kavlekar in connection with a 2013 disproportionate assets case. Police sources said that the residence of Kavlekar, a Congress MLA from Quepem assembly constituency, and his office in Margao, were raided following …
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September 16, 2017