Rajesh Faldessai
Rajesh Faldessai | |
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 Faldessai in 2024 | |
| Member of Goa Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 10 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Pandurang Madkaikar |
| Constituency | Cumbarjua |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 18 September 1976 Goa, India |
| Political party | Bhartiya Janta Party (2022–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Indian National Congress (2021–2022)[1] |
| Spouse | Rima Rajesh Faldessai |
| Residence(s) | Quepem, Goa, India |
| Education | Higher Secondary School Certificate (2014) |
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Rajesh Faldessai (born 18 September 1976), is an Indian politician, merchant, and social activist who is the current member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Cumbarjua Assembly constituency.
Faldessai successfully contested on the Indian National Congress ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election. He defeated Janita Pandurang Madkaikar, wife of politician, Pandurang Madkaikar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 2827 votes.[3]
Early and personal life
[edit]Rajesh Faldessai was born on 18 September 1976 in Goa, India to Kushali Faldessai. He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate in Arts from Council of Open Schooling, Haryana in 2014. Faldessai is married to Rima Rajesh Faldessai, director of two companies. As of 2022, he resides in Quepem, Goa.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "CUMBARJUA SOCIAL ACTIVIST RAJESH FALDESAI JOINS CONGRESS". www.prudentmedia.in.
- ^ "If Goa's mining loot story had a face, it would be Rajesh Faldessai's". The Goan EveryDay. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ "Goa General Legislative Election 2022". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
- ^ "Rajesh Faldessai, INC MLA from Cumbarjua – Our Neta". Retrieved 1 August 2022.
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