Sangeeta Parab

Sangeeta Gopal Parab is an Indian politician from Goa who has served as an MLA and as the state's Education Minister. She has been associated with the Indian National Congress (INC) and has also engaged with other political parties during her career.

Early political career In the 1980 and 1984 elections, the Goa, Daman and Diu Legislative Assembly did not have any elected female members. To address this, Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane nominated Parab, along with Phyllis Faria and Sulochana Katkar, to the assembly for the term 1984–1989. This nomination was intended to ensure representation for women and other underrepresented groups.

Parab contested from the Mandrem Assembly constituency and won the 1994 assembly elections.

Parab held the position of Education Minister in the Goa government. She was a member of the INC during her tenure. In the early 2000s, she left the Congress and joined the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) under the leadership of Wilfred de Souza. However, she did not maintain a long-term affiliation with the NCP and remained without any political association for several years.

Parab's political career has seen her contesting from the Mandrem Assembly constituency. In the 2002 assembly elections, she contested as a Congress candidate but was defeated by BJP's Laxmikant Parsekar. Her involvement in the constituency's political landscape has been marked by shifting party affiliations and strategic alliances.

Later political career

In 2012, Parab supported the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during the state assembly elections. She backed BJP candidate Laxmikant Parsekar in the Mandrem constituency, where he emerged victorious. This support was notable as the INC had allocated the ticket to BJP dissident Dayanand Sopte, leading to a multi-cornered contest.