Deepak Dhavalikar
Deepak Dhavalikar | |
|---|---|
| President of Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | |
| Assumed office 2007 | |
| Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office March 2012 – March 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar Bandora, Ponda |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party |
| Relatives | Sudin Dhavalikar (brother) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Pandurang alias Deepak Dhavalikar (born 14 May 1958 in Bandora, Ponda), is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He is a two-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Priol constituency. He is president of MGP and has played key role in keeping the party alive in Goan politics. He was Minister in Goa Government for the period 2012–2016.
He is from the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese colonial rule in 1961. He was sacked from the Laxmikant Parsekar led government in Goa in December 2016.