Name of Member: Shri Ramakant D. Khalap
Political Party: Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Constituency & State: Panaji (Goa)
Lok Sabha Experience: 11
Biographical Sketch
Member of Parliament
XI LOK SABHA
KHALAP, SHRI RAMAKANT D.
M.G.P. - PANAJI (GOA)
Father's Name : Shri Khalap Dattaram
Date of Birth : 5 August 1946
Place of Birth : Mandre in Distt. North Goa (Goa)
Marital Status : Married on 8 May 1977
Spouse's Name : Smt. Nirmala Khalap
Children : Three sons
Educational Qualifications :
B.Sc., LL.B.
Educated at Bombay University, Bombay and Karnataka University,
Dharwar
Profession :
Lawyer, Economist, Teacher and Educationist, Political and Social
Worker
Permanent Address :
188, Altinho, Mapusa, Goa
Tels. (0832) 262708, 250458
Positions Held :
1973-79 and Member, Goa Legislative Assembly
1980-84
1976-84 President, Pedine Block Advisory Committee
(comprising Sarpanchas, MLAs and MPs)
1980-90 and Leader of Opposition, Goa Legislative Assembly
March 1991
1981-86 General Secretary, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
1986-90 President, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
March 1990- Deputy Chief Minister, Goa
Dec.1990
June'96 onwards Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)
Minister of State (Independent charge),
Department of Law and Justice
Social and Cultural Activities :
Founder and President, Primary, secondary and higher secondary
schools; affiliated to Pedine Taluka Vikas Parishad 1976
onwards; Founder and Vice President (i) Marathi Rajbhasha
Presthapan Samiti, Convener of 18 Marathi Sahitya Sammelan, Goa
(ii) Hindu Gramstha Sabha Goa; Founder Member (i)Governing body
Marathi Academy (Goa); (ii) Goa-Maharashtra Maitri Sangh
(iii)Indo-Mangolian Chamber of Commerce; and (iv)Indo-Mangolian
Maitri Sangh; Member Jagatik Marathi Parishad World Marathi
Conference; Actively working in the field of education, sports,
co-operatives, music and drama besides political activities
Special Interests :
Development and organization of co-operative enterprises and
educational and sports organization
Favourite Pastime and Recreation :
Marathi and Konkani stage (dramas), Indian classical music and
reading
Sports and Clubs :
Vice-President, Goa Cricket Association, 1976-1984; President,
Goa Cricket Association, 1984-1991; Founder-President (i) Bardez
Gymkhana, till 1987; and (ii) Cricket Club Mapusa, Goa; Member,
Panaji Gymkhana, Panaji and Club Gaspar Dias, Panaji Member, Goa
International Centre
Countries Visited :
Canada, U.K. and USA, in a lecture tour in 1988; also visited
France, Germany and Holland as a member of a delegation of
National Federation of Urban Co-operative Bank 1990; visited
China, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Thailand as a member of delegation
of Indo-Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Indo-Mongolian
Friendship Society in 1995.
Other Information :
Participatd in the struggle for liberation of Goa; Chairman
(i) Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.; Goa 1977-84 and 1988
onwards (ii) The Bardez Bazaar Co-operative Store Ltd., Mapusa
Goa, 1991 onwards; Director, Mapusa Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd.,
Goa, 1984-88.
Election Result :
Panaji Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate 3,87,459
Total votes polled 2,16,081
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates:
(1) Shri Ramakant D. Khalap (M.G.P.) 92,348
(2) Shri Kasar Amrut Shivram (I.N.C.) 81,803
(3) Shri Manohar Parrikar (B.J.P.) 36,022
(4) Shri Pandharinath Janardhan Kamat Dhakankar (Ind.) 795
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