Viresh Borkar

Viresh Mukesh Borkar (born 29 June 1993) is an Indian politician and businessman who serves as a member of the Goa Legislative Assembly and an executive member of the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP), of which he was a founding member during its time as a non-governmental organization while serving as its president. In the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election, Borkar won the St. Andre Assembly constituency on the RGP ticket.

Viresh Borkar
Borkar in 2024
Member of Goa Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 March 2022
Preceded by	Francisco Silveira
Constituency	St. Andre
Majority	5,395 (33.4%)
President of Revolutionary Goans Party
In office 1 January 2022 – July 2022
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Manoj Parab[1]
Personal details
Born	Viresh Mukesh Borkar (1993-06-29) 29 June 1993 (age 32) Neura, Goa, India
Political party	Revolutionary Goans Party (since 2022)
Other political affiliations	Aam Aadmi Party (until 2017)
Education	Higher Secondary School Certificate
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Businessman
Committees	Government Assurances Public Undertakings Rules Budget Business Advisory Public Accounts River Mhadei

Borkar won the RGP's first seat in the assembly by defeating four-time MLA and former sports minister Francisco Silveira of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 76 votes. He became the youngest legislator (28) to be elected to the assembly since Mauvin Godinho (25) and Victor Gonsalves (27) were elected in 1989.^[2]

Early and personal life

Viresh Mukesh Borkar was born on 29 July 1993^[3] in Neura, Goa to Mukesh Dattaram Borkar. He completed his Higher Secondary School Certificate in 2010 from Father Agnel's Higher Secondary School, Goa.^[4] Later, he dropped out of a computer diploma course and took up courses in agriculture and farming.^[2]

His grandfather, Dattaram Pandhari Borkar, was a freedom fighter who inspired the young Borkar to follow in his footsteps. Like many other teenagers, Borkar was eager to become a successful businessman so that he could make enough money to live comfortably.^[2]

Positions held

• Member of Committee on Government Assurances (19 January 2023 – present)
• Member of Committee on Public Undertakings (19 January 2023 – present)
• Member of Rules Committee (31 May 2022 – present)
• Member of Budget Committee (31 May 2022 – present)
• Member of Business Advisory Committee (30 March 2022 – present)
• Member of Public Accounts Committee
• Member of House Committee To Study Issues Related To River Mhadei^[3]