He then joined Indian National Congress and was made a candidate for the 2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election for Calangute.

[citation needed] [The Department of Tourism is] saying the owner of the plot has applied for a private shack license.

Now, they're saying the owner has given an affidavit that no vulgarity or nudity will be permitted there, but Playboy means 'entertainment for men' by scantily-clad women.

[7][9] He declared his intention to go on a hunger strike to protest against the government if it went ahead with the proposal and allowed the Playboy club.

[10] The government withdrew its permission under intense opposition from different sectors of the community including sarpanchas, social activists, women's groups and members of the ruling party itself.

[citation needed] As a Congress MLA, he was the Leader of the Opposition in the Goa Legislative Assembly from 31 March 2022 until 10 July 2022.

[3] Lobo and his wife are in possession of properties and pecuniary resources in the form of cash at hand, money in banks, National Savings Scheme and postal savings, land, jewels, insurance and properties worth about ₹200 million (US$2.3 million) as in 2012, based on information furnished by Lobo in the affidavit submitted by him while filing his nomination for the 2012 state assembly election.