Viresh Borkar

Viresh Mukesh Borkar is an Indian politician from Goa and a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is President of Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) and was one of its founding members.[1] Borkar won the St. Andre Assembly constituency on the RGP ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election.

Viresh Borkar
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byFrancisco Silveira
ConstituencySt. Andre
Revolutionary Goans Party President
Assumed office
2017
Personal details
Born
Viresh Mukesh Borkar

Neura, Goa, India
Political partyRevolutionary Goans Party (2022—present)
Other political
affiliations		Aam Aadmi Party (2017—2017)
EducationComputer diploma (dropout)
Alma materFr. Agnel Higher Secondary School (HSSC)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBusinessman

Borkar defeated four-time MLA and former sports minister Francisco Silveira of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 76 votes, winning the RGP's first seat in the assembly.[1][2][3][4] Borkar was the youngest MLA elected to the assembly since Mauvin Godinho (25) and Victor Gonsalves (27) were elected in 1989.[1]

Early life and education

Borkar was born to Mukesh Dattaram Borkar[5] in Neura, Goa, where he was brought up.[1] His grandfather Dattaram Pandhari Borkar was a freedom fighter, an activist for Indian independence, who inspired young Borkar to follow his footsteps.[6]

Like other teenagers, Borkar was eager to become a successful businessman so that he could make enough money to live comfortably .[1] He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate in Father Agnel's Higher Secondary School, Goa in 2010.[7] He later dropped out of a computer diploma course,[1] and took courses in agriculture and farming.[1]

References
  1. "Inspired by freedom fighter grandfather, Viresh Borkar chose revolutionary path". The Times of India.
  2. "New party Revolutionary Goans making a splash". The Hindu.
  3. "Pravin Arlekar (Criminal & Asset Declaration)". My Neta.com.
  4. "After surprise win, St Andre's Viresh Borkar says will sit in opposition, raise issues affecting state". The Times of India.
  5. "Viresh Mukesh Borkar(Revolutionary Goans Party):Constituency- ST. ANDRE(NORTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. "Inspired by freedom fighter grandfather, Viresh Borkar chose revolutionary path".
  7. "Viresh Mukesh Borkar(Revolutionary Goans Party):Constituency- ST. ANDRE(NORTH GOA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate:". myneta.info. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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