Goa Rajiv Congress Party

Political party in India

Goa Rajiv Congress Party (GRCP), was a splinter group of Indian National Congress in Goa. It was founded in 1998 by Wilfred de Souza.[1][2][3][4] It formed a coalition state government with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party, with de Souza as Chief Minister.[5][6] In the split from INC de Souza took with him several local branches of the Congress party and the entire Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (Congress student wing) branches in the state.

Ahead of the Goa assembly elections 1999 GRCP launched 14 candidates, out of whom two were elected (Wilfred de Souza and Francis D'Souza). In total the party received 36 570 votes. Shortly after the elections GRCP merged with Nationalist Congress Party.[7]

Francis de Souza left NCP to rejoin the INC 5 November same year.[8] He later joined BJP.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Rediff on the NeT:Opposition in Goa pins its hopes on rebellion in Cong".
2. ^ "Goa Rajiv Congress Party". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
3. ^ "Goa News |Willy's 5th experiment, now Trinamul, to fight poll (By: SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, PANAJI)".
4. ^ "Willy fields Delhi lawyer for RS seat".
5. ^ "DigitalGoa.com - Goa, Goa Breaking News, Goa Holidays, Goa Centric Portal, Goa Yellow Pages, Explore Goa, Goa News Headlines, Goa News, Goa Current Affairs, Goa Events". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
6. ^ "Goa News |Willy's 5th experiment, now Trinamul, to fight poll (By: SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, PANAJI)".
7. ^ "Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News".
8. ^ "Assembly elections 2012 | Goa News - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 January 2012.

## See also

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* Indian National Congress breakaway parties
* Wilfred de Souza