Goa Vikas Party

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}

{{Infobox Indian political party

|party_name =Goa Vikas Party

|abbreviation =GVP

|colorcode ={{party color|Goa Vikas Party}}

|president =Viola Pacheco

|leader = Francisco Pacheco

|founder =Sitaram Bandodkar

|headquarters =Porvorim, Goa{{cite web|title=Election Commission of India – Notification|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/ElectoralLaws/OrdersNotifications/year2014/Notification%20English%2013.01.2015.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 October 2015|location=New Delhi|date=13 January 2015}}

|eci =Registered Unrecognised Party

|alliance =United Progressive Alliance

|state_seats =

|state_seats_name = Goa Legislative Assembly

}}

The Goa Vikas Party (GVP) is a regional political party from Goa, India, was led by Francisco Pacheco.{{cite news|title=Goa Vikas Party supremo to lend colour to new cabinet|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Goa-Vikas-Party-supremo-to-lend-colour-to-new-cabinet/articleshow/45141082.cms|access-date=5 October 2015|work=The Times of India|date=14 November 2014|location=Panaji}} The GVP was founded by late Sitaram Bandodkar,{{cite news|title=Goa Vikas Party Announces Support To BJP-MGP Combine|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/goa/goa-vikas-party-announces-support-to-bjp-mgp-combine-27.html|access-date=5 October 2015|agency=Press Trust of India|publisher=India TV|date=7 March 2012|location=Panaji}} and the current president is Francisco Pacheco's partner Viola Pacheco.{{cite news|title=Mickky opens offices at Loutulim, Nuvem|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Mickky-opens-offices-at-Loutulim-Nuvem-/76720.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=4 August 2014|location=Margao}}{{cite news|title=Mickky yet to contact Viola, buddies clueless|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/%E2%80%88%E2%80%88Mickky-yet-to-contact-Viola-buddies-clueless-/88446.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=13 May 2015|location=Paniji}} It was revived by Pacheco, who left the Nationalist Congress Party and joined the GVP ahead of the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election.{{cite news|title=Pacheco joins Goa Vikas Party|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/pacheco-joins-goa-vikas-party/article2765555.ece|access-date=5 October 2015|work=The Hindu|date=1 January 2012|location=Panaji}} It is a part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).{{cite journal | url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00358533.2014.988457/ | doi=10.1080/00358533.2014.988457 | title=Is the Coalition Era over in Indian Politics? | year=2014 | last1=Farooqui | first1=Adnan | last2=Sridharan | first2=E. | journal=The Round Table | volume=103 | issue=6 | pages=557–569 | s2cid=45772661 | url-access=subscription }} It is a part of the ruling coalition in Goa, the other members being the BJP and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party. The GVP has two members in the Goa Legislative Assembly: Pacheco from Nuvem but he resigned{{Cite web|agency=TNN|date=Aug 15, 2021|title=Eye on Nuvem ticket, Mickky joins Cong {{!}} Goa News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/eye-on-nuvem-ticket-mickky-joins-cong/articleshow/85339097.cms|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The Times of India|language=en}} and Caetano Silva from Benaulim.{{cite web|title=Sixth Legislative Assembly of the State of Goa|url=http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member-of-assembly.php|website=goavidhansabha.gov.in|publisher=Goa Legislative Assembly|access-date=5 October 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924022737/http://www.goavidhansabha.gov.in/member-of-assembly.php|url-status=dead}}

Three daughters of Party founder Sitaram Bandodkar lodged a complaint in the Election Commission of India during the takeover of the party by Pacheco, alleging that they were not consulted during the revivification. The GVP contested on nine seats and got 3.5 percent of the total votes in the 2012 Goa elections.{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General election, 2012 to the legislative assembly of Goa|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2012/Statistical_Report_GOA2012.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 October 2015}} In November 2014, Pacheco was inducted as a minister in the state cabinet; the step was seen as a "thank you" to the GVP for its support to the BJP in the 2014 Indian general election. However, Pacheco resigned from the post in April 2015 after getting convicted by the Supreme Court of India for assaulting a government official.{{Cite web|title=Goa Guv Accepts Pacheco's Resignation|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/goa-guv-accepts-pachecos-resignation/889593|access-date=2021-09-22|website=Www.outlookindia.com}}{{Cite news|last=ANI|date=2015-04-03|title=Convicted Goa Minister Mickky Pacheco resigns from state cabinet|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/convicted-goa-minister-mickky-pacheco-resigns-from-state-cabinet-115040300429_1.html|access-date=2021-09-22}} Caetano Silva raised his claim for the vacant ministerial berth,{{cite news|title=Caitu stakes claim for ministerial berth|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Caitu-stakes-claim-for-ministerial-berth/86886.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=4 April 2015|location=Margao}} and later termed the GVP as a "one-man political organisation", saying that he feels like an "independent member of the GVP".{{cite news|title=Missing an agenda and purpose of being|url=http://www.heraldgoa.in/Edit/Editorial/Missing-an-agenda-and-purpose-of-being/87372.html|access-date=5 October 2015|publisher=O Heraldo|date=17 April 2015}}