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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1962)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Babush Monserrate
| nickname = Babush
| birth_name = Atanasio Monserrate
| birth_date = {{bda|1962|12|20|df=y}}
| image = Babush Monserrate.png
| caption = Monserrate in 2023
| office = Minister of Revenue
Labour
Waste Management
| term_start = March 2022
| term_end =
| office2 = Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
| constituency2 = [[Panaji Assembly constituency|Panaji]]
| predecessor2 = [[Manohar Parrikar]]
| term_start2 = 2019
| office3 = Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
| constituency3 = [[St. Cruz Assembly constituency|St. Cruz]]
| predecessor3 = [[Victoria Fernandes]]
| successor3 = [[Antonio Fernandes (politician)|Antonio Fernandes]]
| term_start3 = 2012
| term_end3 = 2017
| office4 = Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
| constituency4 = [[Taleigao Assembly constituency|Taleigao]]
| predecessor4 = [[Somnath Zuwarkar]]
| successor4 = [[Jennifer Monserrate]]
| term_start4 = 2002
| term_end4 = 2012
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2004–2005, since 2019)
| other_party = {{ubl|
* [[United Goans Democratic Party]] (2002–2004)
* [[Indian National Congress]] (2005–2015, 2019–2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/babush-monserrate-joins-congress-leaves-goa-forward-in-the-lurch-5682282/|title=Babush Monserrate joins Congress, leaves Goa Forward in the lurch|date=18 April 2019}}</ref>
* [[United Goans Party]] (2017–2017)
* [[Goa Forward Party]] (2017–2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://scroll.in/article/807672/a-brief-survey-of-the-controversial-career-of-babush-monserrate-goan-mla-arrested-for-rape|title=A brief survey of the controversial career of Babush Monserrate, the Goan MLA arrested for rape|first=Pamela|last=D’Mello|date=5 May 2016|website=Scroll.in}}</ref>
}}
| spouse = [[Jennifer Monserrate]]
}}

'''Atanasio "Babush" Monserrate''' (born 20 December 1962)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=29 |access-date=2026-02-06 |website=www.goavidhansabha.gov.in}}</ref> is an Indian social worker<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bajwa |first=Sudhir Suryawanshi , Harpreet |date=2022-02-09 |title=Atanasio Monserrate Babush: Social worker candidate in Goa owns fleet of cars |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/Jan/31/atanasio-monserrate-babush-social-worker-candidate-in-goa-owns-fleet-of-cars-2413812.html |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> and politician who is a four-term member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]]. He is a current member of the [[Goa Legislative Assembly]] from [[Panaji Assembly constituency]]. He was the [[Member of Legislative Assembly]] for [[Taleigao]]. He is married to [[Jennifer Monserrate]], [[Member of Legislative Assembly]], [[Taleigao]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Monserrate-locks-horns-with-Parsekar/articleshow/51438758.cms|title=Monserrate locks horns with Parsekar|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=17 March 2016 |accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

He was one of the ten members of [[Indian National Congress]] who joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in July 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/goa/10-former-goa-congress-mlas-who-joined-bjp-to-meet-amit-shah-today-2218359.html|title=10 former Goa Congress MLAs, who joined BJP, reach Delhi to meet Amit Shah|website=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/congress-splits-in-40-member-goa-assembly-10-of-15-mlas-may-join-bjp-1562771258050.html|title=In fresh jolt to Congress in Goa, 10 party legislators switch to BJP|work=mint |date=10 July 2019 |last1=Ghadyalpatil |first1=Abhiram }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Monserrate is married to fellow legislator [[Jennifer Monserrate]], who serves as a MLA from Taleigao constituency.<ref name=":0" /> Together the couple have a son, Rohit who is a five-time Mayor of [[Panjim]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rohit becomes first CCP Mayor to serve full five-year term |url=https://www.thegoan.net/goa-news/rohit-becomes-first-ccp-mayor-to-serve-full-fiveyear-term/128236.html |access-date=2026-02-20 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref>

==Political career==
Babush contested his first election in 2002 on a [[United Goans Democratic Party]] ticket from the [[Taleigao]] Vidhan Sabha constituency. His opponent was two-term sitting member of the Assembly Somnath Datta Zuwarkar from the [[Indian National Congress]]. Monserrate defeated Zuwarkar by about two thousand votes and was elected for the very first time to the Goa assembly.<ref name=traceall>{{cite web|url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Taleigao-in-Goa|title=Election Results in Taleigao, Goa|publisher=elections.traceall.in|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>

Babush was made a Minister of Town and Country Planning in the [[Manohar Parrikar]] led Government. In 2005, he and two other ministers resigned from the [[Manohar Parrikar]] led Government leaving it in a minority and thus bringing down the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] [[Government of Goa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2005/01/30/stories/2005013005210100.htm|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Crisis in Goa as three BJP MLAs quit|date=2005-01-30|accessdate=8 October 2017}}{{dead link|date=April 2021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

In the coming by-election, Babush switched sides and fought the election on an [[Indian National Congress]] ticket and won the election by defeating Silveira Agnelo Mariano of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by about four thousand votes.<ref name=traceall/> He was made a minister in the Congress government under Chief Minister [[Pratapsingh Rane]]. In the 2007 assembly elections, Monserrate was pitted against Silveira Agnelo Marian of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}

Babush won that election by about two thousand votes<ref name=traceall/> and was appointed the Education minister of the state under Chief Minister [[Digambar Kamat]]. In the 2012, assembly election he vacated his safe seat of [[Taleigao]] for his wife [[Jennifer Monserrate]] and contested from the [[Santa Cruz, Goa|Santa Cruz]] constituency. Monserrate won that election on a Congress ticket defeating Rodolfo Louis Fernandes by about two thousand three hundred votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Santa-Cruz-in-Goa|title=Last Election Results in Santa Cruz, Goa|publisher=elections.traceall.in|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>

In that same election, Monserrate's wife Jennifer Monserrate also won her election from the [[Taleigao]] Vidhan Sabha constituency thus making history of sorts by having a wife and husband to be elected to the Goa Assembly.<ref name=traceall/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/either-jennifer-or-tony-may-make-sacrifice-for-babush|title=Either Jennifer or Tony may make sacrifice for Babush|work=Navhindtimes.in}}</ref> He was expelled from the Indian National Congress in 2015 for six years for "anti-party activities".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Congress-expels-Babush-for-6-yrs/articleshow/46534183.cms|title=Congress expels Babush for 6 years|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=12 March 2015 |accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref>

Monserrate contested the 2017 election from the [[Panaji (Vidhan Sabha constituency)]] and lost to Sidharth Sripad Kuncalienker of the Bharatiya Janata Party by about a thousand votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Santa-Cruz-in-Goa|title=Last Election Results in Panaji, Goa|publisher=traceall.in|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>

In July 2017 Monserrate joined the [[Goa Forward Party]].<ref>[https://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7616 Babush joins Goa Forward, to support Parrikar in Panaji], goanews.com; accessed 8 October 2017. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025070046/https://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=7616|date=2017-10-25}}</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/ponnjekars-have-reposed-faith-in-parrikar-says-babush/articleshow/60266756.cms Ponnjekars have reposed faith in Parrikar, says Babush], timesofindia.indiatimes.com; accessed 8 October 2017.</ref><ref>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/walkover-for-manohar-parrikar-babush-monserrate-joins-ruling-goa-forward-leaves-congress-in-the-lurch-4766593/ Walkover for Manohar Parrikar? Babush Monserrate joins ruling Goa Forward, leaves Congress in the lurch], indianexpress.com; accessed 8 October 2017.</ref>

He contested the 2019 bypoll from [[Panaji Assembly constituency]] and won. He joined the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] soon after his win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://zeenews.india.com/goa/10-former-goa-congress-mlas-who-joined-bjp-to-meet-amit-shah-today-2218359.html|title=10 former Goa Congress MLAs, who joined BJP, reach Delhi to meet Amit Shah|website=Zee News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/congress-splits-in-40-member-goa-assembly-10-of-15-mlas-may-join-bjp-1562771258050.html|title=In fresh jolt to Congress in Goa, 10 party legislators switch to BJP|work=mint |date=10 July 2019 |last1=Ghadyalpatil |first1=Abhiram }}</ref>

He was re-elected in [[2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election]] as a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] candidate defeating Independent candidate and son of Former CM [[Manohar Parrikar]], Utpal Parrikar by over 700 votes.<ref name=results2022>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/14168-goa-general-legislative-election-2022/ |title=Goa General Legislative Election 2022 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date= 17 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://ceogoa.nic.in/pdf/ELECTION/Voter%20Turnout%20GE-2022.pdf |title=General Elections 2022 to Goa Legislatie Assembly - AC wise Voter Turnout |access-date=23 January 2025}}</ref>

==Rape allegations==
In May 2016, [[Goa Police]] arrested Monserrate for rape of a minor from Nepal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-rape-case-MLA-Atanasio-Monserrates-police-custody-extended-by-3-days/articleshow/52186121.cms|title=Goa rape case: MLA Atanasio Monserrate's police custody extended by 3 days|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=9 May 2016 |accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Babush-Monserrate-gets-special-privileges-in-custody/articleshow/52170107.cms|title=Babush Monserrate gets special privileges in custody|work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com|date=8 May 2016 |accessdate=16 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/before-rape-goa-mla-bought-minor-girl-for-rs-50-lakh-321890-2016-05-05|title=Before rape, Goa MLA 'bought' minor girl for Rs 50 lakh|work=indiatoday.intoday.in|date=6 May 2016 |access-date=16 May 2016}}</ref> 

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