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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
| party_name = Goa Rajiv Congress Party
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| founder = [[Wilfred de Souza]]
| leader = [[Wilfred de Souza]]
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| foundation = 1998
| dissolution = 1999
| merged = [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| split = [[Indian National Congress]]
| eci = dissolved party
| alliance = [[National Democratic Alliance]]
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'''Goa Rajiv Congress Party''' ('''GRCP'''), was a splinter group of [[Indian National Congress]] in [[Goa]]. It was founded in 1998 by [[Wilfred de Souza]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.rediff.com/news/1999/jul/16goa.htm|title = Rediff on the NeT:Opposition in Goa pins its hopes on rebellion in Cong}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/archive/ge1999/parties/state/grcp.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714235456/http://eci.nic.in/archive/ge1999/parties/state/grcp.htm |archive-date=2014-07-14 |title=Goa Rajiv Congress Party}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=1829 |title = Goa News {{!}}Willy's 5th experiment, now Trinamul, to fight poll (By: SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, PANAJI)}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=780|title=Willy fields Delhi lawyer for RS seat|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-date=13 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813122840/http://m.goanews.com/news_details.php?id=780|url-status=dead}}</ref> It formed a coalition state government with [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and [[Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party]], with de Souza as Chief Minister.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalgoa.com/eg_disp.php?typ=eg&cid=17 |title=DigitalGoa.com - Goa, Goa Breaking News, Goa Holidays, Goa Centric Portal, Goa Yellow Pages, Explore Goa, Goa News Headlines, Goa News, Goa Current Affairs, Goa Events |accessdate=2014-07-01 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210300/http://www.digitalgoa.com/eg_disp.php?typ=eg&cid=17 |archivedate=2014-07-14 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.goanews.com/news_disp.php?newsid=1829 |title = Goa News {{!}}Willy's 5th experiment, now Trinamul, to fight poll (By: SANDESH PRABHUDESAI, PANAJI)}}</ref> In the split from INC de Souza took with him several local branches of the Congress party and the entire Youth Congress and National Students Union of India (Congress student wing) branches in the state.

Ahead of the Goa assembly elections 1999 GRCP launched 14 candidates, out of whom two were elected ([[Wilfred de Souza]] and [[Francis D'Souza (Indian politician)|Francis D'Souza]]). In total the party received 36 570 votes. Shortly after the elections GRCP merged with [[Nationalist Congress Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-05-03/news/27345221_1_goa-ncp-nationalist-congress-party-congress-leaders|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715124531/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-05-03/news/27345221_1_goa-ncp-nationalist-congress-party-congress-leaders|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2014|title=Business News Today: Read Latest Business news, India Business News Live, Share Market & Economy News}}</ref>

Francis de Souza left NCP to rejoin the INC 5 November same year.<ref>{{Cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Willy-says-Tulio-can-contest-from-any-other-party/articleshow/11493346.cms | title=Assembly elections 2012 | Goa News - Times of India | website=[[The Times of India]] | date=15 January 2012 | archive-date=13 August 2023 | access-date=1 July 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813122838/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Willy-says-Tulio-can-contest-from-any-other-party/articleshow/11493346.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> He later joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]].{{fact|date=August 2024}}

==References==
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==See also==
*[[Indian National Congress breakaway parties]]
*[[Wilfred de Souza]]

[[Category:Defunct political parties in Goa]]
[[Category:1998 establishments in Goa]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress breakaway groups]]
[[Category:Political parties established in 1998]]

Goa Rajiv Congress Party - Revision history

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