Goa People's Congress
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Goa People's Congress (GPC) is a dissolved Indian political party that was a splinter group of the Indian National Congress in Goa. GPC broke away from INC in 2000 under the leadership of Francisco Sardinha.[1][2]
GPC formed a coalition government in the state together with Bharatiya Janata Party with Sardinha as Chief Minister. That government lasted nine months. After having broken relations to GPC, BJP continued to govern with support form other Congress dissidents. After the fall of the Sardinha cabinet two GPC members of the legislative assembly, led by Dayanand Narvekar, broke away and formed a parallel GPC.[3]
Sardinha's GPC merged with Indian National Congress on 5 April 2001. Narvekar's GPC merged with INC on 27 August the same year.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
List of Chief Minister
- Francisco Sardinha
- First term: 24 November 1999 to 23 October 2000
See also
Notes
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- ↑ Sardinha quits, BJP Govt. installed in Goa. The Hindu. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".Template:Cbignore
- ↑ Casinos Have Turned Goa Into a Sin City, Alleges Congress. NDTV.
- ↑ Why Goa continues to be plagued by defections. Rediff.
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