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Pratap Prabhakar Gauns
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Pratap Prabhakar Gauns | |
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 Pratap Gauns in 2021 | |
| Member of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Constituency | Pale |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pratap Prabhakar Gauns 2 August 1963 Goa, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Geeta Pratap Gauns |
| Children | Dattaraj Pratap Gauns |
| Parent(s) |
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| Residence | Goa |
Pratap Prabhakar Gauns or Pratap Prabhakar Gawas (born 2 August 1963)[1] is an Indian politician from the state of Goa. He was elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly election as a member of the Indian National Congress party in 2008. He won against BJP candidate Pramod Sawant by a margin of 1534 votes.
During his tenure in Goa Legislative Assembly, he acted as a member of the Estimates Committee, Committee on Delegations, Panel of Presiding Members, and Committee on Public Undertakings.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Pratap Prabhakar Gauns was born on 2 August 1963 to Prabhakar Y. Gauns and Parvati P. Gauns at Navelim village located in Bicholim Tehsil of North Goa district in Goa, India.[3] He comes from the prominent Maratha family of the Gauns.[4] His family traces their roots to the Gauns clan of Marathas. Pratap has passed the Secondary School Certificate Examination from Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Education. Pratap Prabhakar Gauns is married to Geeta Pratap Gauns and the couple have two children.[5]
Member of Legislative Assembly[edit]
During his tenure as a Member of Legislative Assembly, he built a network of all weather roads in Sanquelim,Pale,Amona and Navelim. Development projects like Ravindra Bhavan Sanquelim, Goa Institute of Management , Primary Health Centre Sanquelim, garbage treatment plant, swimming pool Sanquelim, sewage treatment plant in Sanquelim and other projects were undertaken during his tenure.[6][7][8][9]
Political career[edit]
In the 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election, his brother Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns was elected from the Pale as an Indian National Congress candidate.[10] Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns died in 2008.[11] In 2008 by-elections, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns contested from Indian National Congress and was elected from the Pale against Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Pramod Sawant. The Pale constituency was abolished due to the delimitation of assembly constituencies. In 2012, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns had contested the election from Sanquelim representing Indian National Congress and lost against Pramod Sawant.[12] In 2017, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns stood for the Assembly election from the Nationalist Congress Party and lost to BJP candidate and current Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.[13]
Now, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns is active in Indian National Congress Party.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Download Member Profile. - Goavidhansabha.gov.in - Welcome to ..." yumpu.com.
- ↑ "download-member-profile-goavidhansabhagovin-welcome-to-". yumpu.com.
- ↑ "Pratap Prabhakar Gauns(Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)):Constituency- SANQUELIM(NORTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate".
- ↑ "Development work of Shri Pratap Gauns". herald.in."Goa Vidhansabha Member Profile". goavidhansabha.gov.in.
- ↑ "download-member-profile-goavidhansabhagovin-welcome-to-". yumpu.com. "Gauns attributes Victory to Rane". heraldgoa.in.
- ↑ "Development work of Shri Pratap Gauns". herald.in.
- ↑ "Goa Vidhansabha Member Profile". goavidhansabha.gov.in.
- ↑ "Cm Digambar Kamat allocates 100 crore to Sanquelim Constituency Development". herald.in.
- ↑ "Iron ore stock eating into fertile landmass in Goa". dnaindia.com.
- ↑ https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/78_promember_58_profile_GGAUNS.pdf
- ↑ "Pale By-Election Sees 81 Per Cent Turn Out".
- ↑ "Goa Assembly Election Results in 2012". Elections in India.
- ↑ "2017 Sanquelim - Goa Assembly Election Winner, LIVE Results & Latest News: Election Dates, Polling Schedule, Election Results & Live Election Updates".