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.
Pratap Prabhakar Gauns | |
|---|---|
 Gauns in 2021 | |
| Member of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| In office 2008–2012 | |
| Constituency | Pale-Sanquelim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Pratap Prabhakar Gauns 2 August 1963 Goa, India |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Spouse | Geeta Pratap Gauns |
| Children | Dattaraj Pratap Gauns |
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.[1]
Personal life
editPratap 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.[2] He comes from the prominent Maratha family of the Gauns.[3][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 and Higher Education. Pratap Prabhakar Gauns is married to Geeta Pratap Gauns and the couple has two children.[1][5]
Member of Legislative Assembly
editDuring 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.[3][4][6][7]
Political career
editIn the 2007 Goa Legislative Assembly election, his brother Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns was elected from the Pale as an Indian National Congress candidate.[8] Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns died in 2008. 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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]
Now, Pratap Prabhakar Gauns is active in the Indian National Congress Party.
References
edit- ^ a b c "Member Profile: Shri Pratap Prabhakar Gawas". Yumpu. Goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Pratap Prabhakar Gauns(Nationalist Congress Party(NCP)". myneta.info. Association for Democratic Reforms. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Development work of Shri Pratap Gauns". herald.in.
- ^ a b "Goa Vidhansabha Member Profile". goavidhansabha.gov.in. Archived from the original on 28 July 2021.
- ^ "MLA attributes Victory to Rane". O Heraldo. 30 November 2008.
- ^ "Cm Digambar Kamat allocates 100 crore to Sanquelim Constituency Development". herald.in.
- ^ Samant, Rupesh. "Iron ore stock eating into fertile landmass in Goa". dnaindia.com. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021.
- ^ "Late Shri Gurudas Prabhakar Gauns" (PDF). goavidhansabha.gov.in. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Pale By-Election Sees 81 Per Cent Turn Out". Outlook. 26 November 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Goa Assembly Election Results in 2012". Elections in India. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
- ^ "Sanquelim - Goa Assembly Election Winner & Results 2017". india.com. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017.