Sudin Dhavalikar

Sudin Dhavalikar
Dhavalikar in 2018
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 June 1999
Preceded byShripad Naik
ConstituencyMarcaim
7th Deputy Chief Minister of Goa
In office
19 March 2019[1] – 27 March 2019[2]
Serving with Vijai Sardesai
GovernorMridula Sinha
Chief MinisterPramod Sawant
Preceded byFrancis D'Souza
Succeeded byManohar Ajgaonkar
Cabinet Minister, Government of Goa
In office
17 March 2017 – 17 March 2019
GovernorMridula Sinha
Chief MinisterManohar Parrikar
Ministry and Departments
  • Public Works.
  • Transport.
  • River Navigation.
  • Museum.
Cabinet Minister to the Government of Goa
Incumbent
Assumed office
April 2022
GovernorP. S. Sreedharan Pillai
Chief MinisterPramod Sawant
Ministry and Departments
  • Power
  • New and Renewable Energy
  • Housing
Personal details
Born (1956-11-21) 21 November 1956
Ponda, Goa, Portuguese India
PartyMaharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (since 1990s)
SpouseJyoti Dhavalikar
RelativesDeepak Dhavalikar (brother)[3]
Alma materChowgule College, then under Bombay University
OccupationPolitician

Ramkrishna alias Sudin Madhav Dhavalikar[4] (born 21 November 1956) is an Indian politician and a senior leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP). He is a six-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly, representing the Marcaim constituency since 1999.[5] Dhavalikar also served as the seventh co-Deputy Chief Minister of Goa for eight days, from 19 to 27 March 2019, alongside Vijai Sardesai.[6][7]

Ministry portfolios

He has been a Minister in various governments for over 15 years, holding important portfolios by forming alliances with various political parties.

Goa State Cabinet Ministry Portfolios held by Sudin Dhavalikar[8]
Took officeLeft officePortfolios HeldChief MinisterParty
3 June 200231 January 2005P.W.D., Archives & Archaeology, Museum, and FisheriesManohar ParrikarBJP
3 February 20054 March 2005Public Works Department, Fisheries, Archives & Archaeology, and MuseumManohar ParrikarBJP
7 June 20055 June 2007Public Works Department, Fisheries, Archives & Archaeology, Museum, and Co-operationShri Pratapsingh RaneINC
8 June 200728 July 2007Public Works Department, and Science & TechnologyShri Pratapsingh RaneINC
14 March 20081 February 2012Transport, River Navigation Department, and Social WelfareDigambar KamatINC
9 March 20128 November 2014Public Works Department, Transport, and River NavigationManohar ParrikarBJP
8 November 201412 December 2016Public Works Department, Transport, and River NavigationLaxmikant ParsekarBJP
20 March 201717 March 2019Public Works Department, Transport, River Navigation, and MuseumManohar ParrikarBJP
18 March 201927 March 2019Public Works Department, Transport, River Navigation, and MuseumPramod SawantBJP
9 April 2022PresentPower, New & Renewable Energy, and HousingPramod SawantBJP

On 27 March 2019, he was dropped from the Cabinet of Ministers as the Deputy Chief Minister, as well as the ruling alliance, after two MGP MLAs (Deepak Pauskar and Manohar Ajgaonkar) broke away from the party and joined the ruling BJP, merging the MGP legislative party into the BJP.[9][6] A disqualification plea of the two breakaway MGP MLAs, along with 10 other congress MLAs was dismissed by the High Court of Bombay at Goa.[10]

Career

Dhavalikar is a senior leader of the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, Goa's first ruling party after the end of Portuguese rule in 1961.[8] He first joined the party in the early 1990s.[11] He has played a pivotal role in survival and success of the party for last 20 years.

Controversy

In 2015, two members of Aam Aadmi Party – Pradip Ghadi Amonkar and Mujahid Rizvi – alleged that Dhavalikar, while contesting the previous Assembly election, had sworn a false affidavit that he is a BSc graduate. They claimed that Sudin Dhavalikar had lied in his sworn affidavit regarding his educational qualification.[12][13][14] The aggrieved approached the court as they claimed that Ponda police had declined to register an FIR against Dhavalikar. After inquiring with the Bombay University, Ponda police submitted in the court that Dhavalikar's BSc degree is genuine. The Ponda court promptly dismissed the case noting that JMFC Apurva Nagvekar did not find any merit in the application made by the aggrieved party.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "BJP's Pramod Sawant Takes Oath as Goa Chief Minister at 2am, Deputy CMs May Be Sworn in Today". News18. 19 March 2019.
  2. ↑ "Goa Deputy CM Sudin Dhavalikar dropped from Cabinet hours after MGP MLAs join BJP". India Today. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  3. ↑ "Goa minister Sudin Dhavalikar hospitalised after complaints of uneasiness". Deccan Herald.
  4. ↑ "Goa Legislative Assembly". www.goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "In Goa, 7 Powerful Families Are Contesting 35% of the Assembly Seats". The Wire. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Goa Dy Chief Minister Sudin Dhavalikar dropped after two members of his party join BJP". The New Indian Express. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "Sudin Dhavalikar, Vijay Sardesai Appointed Goa Deputy CMs". News18. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2026.
  8. 1 2 "Shri Ramkrishna alias Sudin Madhav Dhavalikar (Maharashtrawadi Gomantak party– 23 marcaim)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Goa Deputy CM Sudin Dhavalikar dropped from Cabinet hours after MGP MLAs join BJP". India Today. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "HC upholds Goa Speaker's order dismissing pleas seeking disqualification of 12 MLAs". The Hindu. PTI. 24 February 2022. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 11 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "The Importance of Sudin Dhavalikar". daijiworld.com. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "AAP files police complaint against Sudin Dhavalikar for lying on degree certificate before EC". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Goa: AAP releases documents, questions Sudin Dhavalikar's graduation claims". firstpost.com. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  14. ↑ "AAP accuses Goa PWD Minister of having fake science degree". firstpost.com. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2016.
  15. ↑ "Court dismissed case related to fake degree of Sudin Dhavalikar". goanews.com.
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