Rajesh Faldessai

Rajesh Faldessai (born 18 September 1976), is an Indian politician, merchant, and social activist who is the current member of the Goa Legislative Assembly representing the Cumbarjua Assembly constituency.

Rajesh Faldessai
Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
10 March 2022
Preceded byPandurang Madkaikar
ConstituencyCumbarjua
Personal details
Born (1976-09-18) 18 September 1976
Goa, India
Political partyBhartiya Janta Party (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Indian National Congress
(2021–2022)[1]
SpouseRima Rajesh Faldessai
Residence(s)Quepem, Goa, India
EducationHigher Secondary School Certificate (2014)
Occupation
  • Politician
  • merchant[2]
  • social activist

Faldessai successfully contested on the Indian National Congress ticket in the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election. He defeated Janita Pandurang Madkaikar, wife of politician, Pandurang Madkaikar of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 2827 votes.

Early and personal life

Rajesh Faldessai was born on 18 September 1976 in Goa, India to Kushali Faldessai. He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate in Arts from Council of Open Schooling, Haryana in 2014. Faldessai is married to Rima Rajesh Faldessai, director of two companies. As of 2022, he resides in Quepem, Goa.[3]

References
  1. "CUMBARJUA SOCIAL ACTIVIST RAJESH FALDESAI JOINS CONGRESS". www.prudentmedia.in.
  2. "If Goa's mining loot story had a face, it would be Rajesh Faldessai's". The Goan EveryDay. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
  3. "Rajesh Faldessai, INC MLA from Cumbarjua – Our Neta". Retrieved 2022-08-01.
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