Dayanand Mandrekar

Mandrekar was first elected to the Goa Legislative Assembly in the 1999 Goa Legislative Assembly election from the

Siolim constituency as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party.{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/goa/assembly-constituencies/2002-election-results.html | title=Goa Assembly Election Results in 2002 }} He retained the Siolim in the 2002, 2007 and 2012 Assembly elections. He was disqualified in 2005 by the Bombay High Court for holding an office of profit and the conviction upheld by the Supreme Court of India, as a result of which Mandrekar lost his office.{{Cite web|url=http://www.oneindia.com/2007/01/18/sc-upholds-disqualification-of-2-goa-mlas-on-office-of-profit-1169191093.html|title = SC upholds disqualification of 2 Goa MLAs on office of profit|date = 19 January 2007}}

The Bharatiya Janata Party led by Manohar Parrikar formed the government in Goa in 2002 after the Goa Legislative Assembly. Mandrekar served as the Cabinet Minister in the government led by Parrikar from 3 June 2002 to 2 February 2005 and was allotted the portfolios of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary Services and Non-Conventional Source of Energy.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154545/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=1483|title=Supporting 5 get imp. Portfolios (By: SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, PANAJI)}} When the Bharatiya Janata Party regained power post the 2012 election, Mandrekar was inducted as a Cabinet Minister. He was allotted the portfolios of Water Resources, Civil Supplies & Price Control and At & Culture{{Cite web|url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?rnpageno=55&newsid=1968&catid=197|title = PWD to Sudin, Urban Dev to Francis, Tourism to Matanhy (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI)}}

After Manohar Parrikar was appointed the Union Minister of Defence, Laxmikant Parsekar succeeded Parrikar as the Chief Minister of Goa. Mandrekar served as a Cabinet Minister in the government Laxmikant Parsekar and held the portfolios of Panchayats, Civil Supplies and Price Control, Water Resources, Archives & Archaeology and Art & Culture.{{Cite news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/goa-cm-parsekar-allocates-portfolios-114111501339_1.html|title = Goa CM Parsekar allocates portfolios|newspaper = Business Standard India|date = 15 November 2014|agency = Press Trust of India}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-chief-minister-laxmikant-parsekar-allocates-portfolios-to-ministers-2035463|title = Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar allocates portfolios to ministers}}{{cite web | url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?rnpageno=216&newsid=5426&catid=197 | title=No(n) co-operation with MGP, Mickky also gets minor portfolios (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI) }} In a cabinet reshuffle held in October 2015, Mandrekar was stripped of the Panchayats portfolio and the same was allotted to Rajendra Arlekar.{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/arlekar-gets-environment-panchayat-portfolios/|title = Arlekar gets Environment, Panchayat portfolios|date = 4 October 2015}} Mandrekar expressed his displeasure stating that he was not consulted before discharging him of the Panchayat portfolio.{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Mandrekar-not-consulted-before-portfolio-reshuffle/articleshow/49234920.cms|title=Mandrekar 'not consulted' before portfolio reshuffle | Goa News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}} He stated that while he was not upset about the portfolio being taken away, he was unhappy because he was not consulted by the Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar prior to the same.{{Cite web|url=http://www.navhindtimes.in/upset-over-manner-in-which-portfolio-taken-away-mandrekar/|title = Upset over manner in which portfolio taken away: Mandrekar|date = 5 October 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=6158 | title=Mandrekar bursts out, Arlekar-Alina still upset over 'portfolio humiliation' (By: GOANEWS DESK, PANAJI) }}

In December 2016, Mandrekar was allotted the portfolio of Archives and Archeology.http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-36-SII-EOG-1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

Mandrekar also served as the Chairman of the Khadi and Village Industries Board.http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/0102/0102-4-SII-EOG-4.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}Civil Supplies & Price Control He was the Chairman of the Goa Meat Complex Ltd. and a member of the North Goa Zilla Panchayat.{{Cite web |url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-date=17 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417154545/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/uploads/members/66_profile_Dmandrekar-12.pdf |url-status=dead }}

He lost the 2017 Goa Legislative Assembly election to Goa Forward Party's Vinoda Paliencar.{{cite web | url=http://www.prudentmedia.in/politics/vinod-paliencar-of-goa-forward-wins-from-siolim.html | title=Goa News, Latest Goa Breaking News & Live TV - Prudent Media }}http://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/1617/1617-49-SII-EOG-3.pdf#page=1113 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}

As the Art & Culture Minister, Mandrekar compared Nigerians to ‘cancer’ in Goa. He later apologized for his statement.{{cite web | url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-goa-minister-dayanand-mandrekar-equates-nigerians-to-cancer-1913357 | title=GOA MINISTER DAYANAND MANDREKAR EQUATES NIGERIANS TO CANCER | work=dnaindia.com | access-date=13 May 2016}}{{cite web | url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/goa-minister-dayanand-mandrekar-apologises-for-calling-nigerians-a-cancer/ | title=Goa minister Dayanand Mandrekar apologises for calling Nigerians a 'cancer' | work=indianexpress.com | date=12 March 2014 | access-date=13 May 2016}}

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