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 "excerpt": "Viresh Borkar is an Indian politician and national president of the Revolutionary Goans Party, whose leadership the party disputes, and represents St Andre in the Goa Legislative Assembly.",
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 "markdown": "# Viresh Borkar\n\nViresh Borkar is an Indian politician and a leader of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP), whose national presidency he claims but which the party disputes after terminating his primary membership.<sup>[1](https://goemkarponn.com/steps-taken-to-revive-and-rebuild-rgp-ahead-of-elections-viresh-borkar/)</sup> He is a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly from the St Andre constituency.<sup>[2](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/fir-against-borkar-21-others-for-alleged-theft-of-files-from-tcp-office/articleshow/128825272.cms)</sup> His tenure as party leader has been marked by an internal dispute over control of the organization, in the course of which the party announced his termination from primary membership while he continued to act as president.<sup>[3](https://www.goakhabar.com/?p=114302)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/rg-terminates-its-lone-mlas-membership-he-terms-it-joke/articleshow/132669804.cms)</sup>\n\n| Fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Party | Revolutionary Goans Party<sup>[1](https://goemkarponn.com/steps-taken-to-revive-and-rebuild-rgp-ahead-of-elections-viresh-borkar/)</sup> |\n| Current office | National President, Revolutionary Goans Party (claimed; disputed by the party)<sup>[1](https://goemkarponn.com/steps-taken-to-revive-and-rebuild-rgp-ahead-of-elections-viresh-borkar/)</sup>; MLA, Goa Legislative Assembly (St Andre constituency)<sup>[2](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/fir-against-borkar-21-others-for-alleged-theft-of-files-from-tcp-office/articleshow/128825272.cms)</sup> |\n\n## Party affiliation\n\nBorkar's membership in the Revolutionary Goans Party is disputed: a party faction announced his termination from primary membership, which he rejected.<sup>[3](https://www.goakhabar.com/?p=114302)</sup> He has served as the party's national president.<sup>[1](https://goemkarponn.com/steps-taken-to-revive-and-rebuild-rgp-ahead-of-elections-viresh-borkar/)</sup>\n\n## Career\n\nBorkar represents the St Andre constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly.<sup>[2](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/fir-against-borkar-21-others-for-alleged-theft-of-files-from-tcp-office/articleshow/128825272.cms)</sup> In the assembly, he has served on the Select Committee to study the Goa Public Universities Bill 2025 (Bill No. 34 of 2025), a position he has held since September 25, 2025.<sup>[5](https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=257)</sup>\n\nAs national president of the Revolutionary Goans Party, Borkar announced in 2026 a restructuring of the organization ahead of the upcoming elections. He said the recent organizational decisions were taken under the party constitution to revive and rebuild the party, after several founding members raised concerns over its functioning. He suspended two senior party members pending disciplinary proceedings, dissolved all existing block and organizational committees, revoked the suspension of ten members who had earlier been removed, and announced that elections to the party's executive committees at various levels would be held within 45 days.<sup>[1](https://goemkarponn.com/steps-taken-to-revive-and-rebuild-rgp-ahead-of-elections-viresh-borkar/)</sup> News reports described the dissolution as covering all state, district, taluka, block, ward, and other party committees, with fresh organizational elections to be held within 45 days.<sup>[6](https://thevoiceforgoem.com/article.php?slug=rgp-national-president-viresh-borkar-dissolves-all-party-committees)</sup>\n\n## Issues specific to Borkar\n\n**Dispute over the party leadership.** The Revolutionary Goans Party announced the termination of Borkar from the party's primary membership with immediate effect, citing anti-party activities, indiscipline, and violations of the party constitution, and directed him not to represent himself as a member, office bearer, spokesperson, or functionary of the party. In the termination order, general secretary Vishvesh Naik said Borkar had been issued a show-cause notice and five reminders, and accused him of attempting to take control of the organization and projecting himself as party president and whip.<sup>[3](https://www.goakhabar.com/?p=114302)</sup><sup> • </sup><sup>[4](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/rg-terminates-its-lone-mlas-membership-he-terms-it-joke/articleshow/132669804.cms)</sup> Borkar called the termination order a \"joke\" and said Naik had no authority to terminate his membership because Naik had himself been suspended from the post of general secretary. He said he had already dissolved all party committees, making the order null and void under the party constitution, and asserted that the authority of the party rests with him.<sup>[4](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/rg-terminates-its-lone-mlas-membership-he-terms-it-joke/articleshow/132669804.cms)</sup> The two factions were reported to be vying for control of the party office, its funds, and records; Borkar alleged that money was being withdrawn from the party's bank account, and the party office at Patto was briefly sealed by supporters linked to him.<sup>[4](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/rg-terminates-its-lone-mlas-membership-he-terms-it-joke/articleshow/132669804.cms)</sup>\n\n## Positions and voting record\n\n### Definition of Goan identity\n\nBorkar moved a resolution in the Goa Legislative Assembly recommending that the terms \"Goans\" and \"Persons of Goan Origin\" be clearly defined in law to protect the identity and rights of Goan people, stating that a proper policy could then be framed to benefit Goan people and prevent demographic change in the Goan landscape.<sup>[5](https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=257)</sup>\n\n### Khazan lands\n\nBorkar moved a resolution calling on the government to seek a one-time special grant of about ₹50 billion (₹5,000 crore) from the central government for the revival, protection, and promotion of Khazan lands, the age-old agro-ecological and agro-economic systems spread over 18,000 hectares in eight talukas, including works on embankments, sluice gates, creeks, access roads, and irrigation.<sup>[5](https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=257)</sup>\n\n### Mhadei river\n\nBorkar raised a calling attention motion in the assembly on the flow and ecology of the Mhadei river basin, drawing attention to concerns over developments affecting the river and asking the government to state the steps it intends to take to protect Goa's interests, monitor the diversion of Mhadei waters, strengthen legal and technical intervention, and place before the house a comprehensive action plan for safeguarding Goa's water security.<sup>[5](https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=257)</sup>\n\n### Employment and public services\n\nBorkar drew the assembly's attention to reports of large-scale job recruitment irregularities, in which job aspirants were alleged to have been induced to part with money on assurances of employment in government departments, and asked about the steps taken to eradicate the irregularities and the punitive action taken against offenders.<sup>[5](https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=257)</sup> In a zero hour mention on September 2, 2026, he raised conditions at the Goa Medical College hospital, where a recovering patient was reportedly bitten by a rat and videos showed rats moving inside a ward, and asked the government to grant official recognition and support to the Tovxyache Fest as a State festival.<sup>[5](https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=257)</sup>\n\n## References\n\n1. [Steps Taken To Revive And Rebuild RGP Ahead Of Elections: Viresh Borkar - Goemkarponn](https://goemkarponn.com/steps-taken-to-revive-and-rebuild-rgp-ahead-of-elections-viresh-borkar/)\n2. [FIR against Borkar, 21 others for alleged theft of files from TCP office - The Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/fir-against-borkar-21-others-for-alleged-theft-of-files-from-tcp-office/articleshow/128825272.cms)\n3. [RGP Terminates Viresh Borkar from Primary Membership - Goa Khabar](https://www.goakhabar.com/?p=114302)\n4. [RG terminates its lone MLA's membership, he terms it 'joke' - The Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/rg-terminates-its-lone-mlas-membership-he-terms-it-joke/articleshow/132669804.cms)\n5. [Goa Legislative Assembly member page](https://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member_detail.php?mem_id=257)\n6. [RGP National president Viresh Borkar dissolves all party committees - The Voice For Goem](https://thevoiceforgoem.com/article.php?slug=rgp-national-president-viresh-borkar-dissolves-all-party-committees)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Society and history › Politics and government › Government and public administration › Politicians and government officeholders (biographies) › Indian national party and union leaders*\n\n*Initially written Sep 27, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026 · Edited: Sep 28, 2026; Sep 29, 2026; Oct 15, 2026; Oct 21, 2026 · Last review: Sep 29, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n",
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