Babu Kavlekar

Chandrakant "Babu" Kavlekar is an Indian politician and former cabinet minister who served as the Minister of Town and Country Planning, Agriculture, Archives, Archaeology, Factories and Boilers of Goa in the Government of Goa. He belongs to Dhangar caste. He was a four-term member of the Goa Legislative Assembly and represented the Quepem constituency from 2002 to 2022.

Career

In the election for legislative assembly Kavlekar successfully won against BJP candidate Prakash Velip and was elected as MLA for fourth consecutive term.
On 11 July 2019, he left Indian National Congress and joined Bharatiya Janata Party. He was appointed Deputy Chief Minister on 13 July 2019.