Antonio Fernandes (politician)

Antonio Caetano "Tony" Fernandes of the Bharatiya Janata Party represents Santa Cruz in the Goa Legislative Assembly.[1] He lives in Segundo Bairro, Santa Cruz, Goa. He won the elections on an Indian National Congress ticket in 2017. He replaced incumbent MLA Atanasio Monserrate after he was expelled from the Indian National Congress party in 2015 for anti-party activities[2] He was one of the ten members of Indian National Congress who joined Bharatiya Janata Party in July 2019.[3][4]

Antonio Fernandes
Member of the Goa Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
2012
Preceded byAtanasio Monserrate
Personal details
BornSegundo Bairo, Santa Cruz, Goa
NationalityIndian
Political partyBharatiya Janata Party
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
OccupationPolitician

References
  1. "Shri Antonio Fernandes". Government of Goa.
  2. "Congress expels Babush for 6 years". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  3. 10 former Goa Congress MLAs, who joined BJP, reach Delhi to meet Amit Shah
  4. In fresh jolt to Congress in Goa, 10 party legislators switch to BJP


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