19 Facts About Pratapsingh Rane

Pratapsingh Raoji Rane was born on 28 January 1939 and is an Indian politician who has served as the Chief Minister of Goa a record seven times and was the former Leader Of Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly.

Pratapsingh Rane has been a Member of Legislative Assembly, Goa for over 50 years.

Pratapsingh Rane has been a member of the Indian National Congress since the mid-1970s, and was earlier a prominent figure in the Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party.

Pratapsingh Rane comes from the prominent Pratapsingh Rane feudal clan of the Maratha caste that dominated politics in Sattari.

Pratapsingh Rane completed his schooling in Shri Shivaji Preparatory Military School, and later obtained a Bachelor in Business Administration degree in the United States.

Pratapsingh Rane dominated politics in Goa throughout the 1980s, and for part of the 1990s.

Pratapsingh Rane's achievements include the launching of the Kadamba Transport Corporation, government-run bus transport system in Goa.

Pratapsingh Rane built a network of roads connecting villages and towns in Goa.

Pratapsingh Rane undertook to build small and big Irrigation Projects in various parts of Goa.

Pratapsingh Rane is a founder member of the International Centre Goa and a founder member of Goa Institute of Management, a premier Management Institute in India.

Pratapsingh Rane was leader of the Opposition while the Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Goa from the late-1990s until early 2005.

Pratapsingh Rane became chief minister after the Congress's first-ever win in Goa in 1980 mainly as a "consensus candidate", after a bitter battle for the top political slot between the then two Congress heavyweights, Dr Wilfred de Souza and Ananta Narcina Naik, known as Babu Naik.

Pratapsingh Rane then served as chief minister for the sixth time, for two years until the June 2007 state elections.

Pratapsingh Rane was elected speaker of the state assembly when it reconvened a few days later.

Pratapsingh Rane enjoys reading and watching Marathi Drama and enjoys English Theatre and Western and Indian Classical Music.

The BJP accused Pratapsingh Rane of acting in a partisan manner to protect the Congress led government.

Pratapsingh Rane has been accused by businessman, Bhalchandra Naik of demanding Rs 10 crore for being granted Environmental clearance for a mine, of which Rs 6 crore had been paid to his son Vishwajit Rane, MLA from Valpoi.

In 2018, Pratapsingh Rane was caught in another controversy, where he called Goan emigrants from United Kingdom, "toilet cleaners".

Pratapsingh Rane was asked for an explanation by the state party president, Girish Chodankar.