[5][6] Following Pravind Jugnauth's resignation as prime minister, Ramgoolam was sworn in for a third time at the State House of Mauritius in the presence of President Prithvirajsing Roopun.

They encouraged him to assume the leadership of the Labour Party with the aim of forming a political alliance to challenge Anerood Jugnauth in the upcoming general elections.

After completing his LLB degree in 1990, he returned to Mauritius and became the leader of the Labour Party, subsequently contesting the 1991 general election as its candidate.

If the alliance won more than 45 of the 60 directly elected mainland seats, the Constitution would be amended; Ramgoolam would run for the presidency and Bérenger would succeed him as prime minister.

[20][21] In 2024, Ramgoolam criticised the agreement negotiated by the government of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth with the United Kingdom that allowed for the return of the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritian control, describing it as a "sellout".

A few days later Ajay Daby, the lawyer who later represented the young women, brandished a black underwear at a public meeting, claiming that it belonged to a well known politician and that it had been recovered on Albion beach.

Los Del Rio's song "Macarena" was subjected to a ban by the state's radio station MBC following Navin Ramgoolam's orders.

Bunwaree revealed that Varma had been receiving additional income as the legal counsel of several parastatal institutions although he was already being paid as a member of the National Assembly.

Bunwaree added that Varma regularly emailed elected ministers which read «I would be grateful if you could kindly consider appointing me as legal advisor on a monthly basis to one of your institutions falling under your responsibility».

[25] In March 2015, Chief Whip Mahen Jhugroo raised a question in the National Assembly about Navin Ramgoolam's young travel companion Jessica Weber for whom the position of "VIP Facilitation Organizer" had been specifically created within the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) since 2013.

Although she benefitted from a government monthly salary of Rs 100,000, minister Xavier-Luc Duval discovered that there was no evidence of any events that she had organised, and there was no justification for her multiple trips with Navin Ramgoolam overseas.

[26][27] The former minister of financial services (Roshi Bhadain) revealed that in 2010 Navin Ramgoolam had contracted a loan of Rs 40 millions from Bramer Bank to purchase a bungalow at Roches Noires.

The former shop assistant and wife of a bus driver amassed substantial wealth and influence after becoming an activist of the Parti Travailliste and received preferential treatment in large government contracts, especially in the tourism sector and airport facilities.

Navin Ramgoolam's illegitimate love child was mentioned during public gatherings, for example by Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth on 19 August 2017 at the village of Circonstance in St Pierre.

He was made a Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur (France) in March 2006, the Honorary Freeman of Rodrigues from Rodrigues Regional Assembly in March 2007; the Wilberforce Medal from Wilberforce Lecture Trust, Hull, UK, in June 2007; The Rajiv Gandhi Award from Mumbai Regional Congress Committee, India, in August 2007; the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award from Government of India in January 2008 as well as Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (GCSK) from the Government of the Republic of Mauritius in March 2008.

In Paris, Ramgoolam received the Prix Louise Michel, awarded generally each year to a personality in recognition of his or her outstanding contribution in the political field.

He was made Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) by the Padmashree Dr D. Y. Patil University, Mumbai, India in February 2009, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP) of the Royal College of Physicians, London in May 2009, honorary doctorate by Staffordshire University, United Kingdom in July 2010, Order of the Rule of Law by the World Jurist Association, United States, in April 2011, Overseas Bencher by the Inner Temple, UK, in April 2011 and Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the Kurukshetra University, Haryana, India in February 2012.

[36] On 8 July 1979, Ramgoolam married Veena Brizmohun,[37] a Mauritian who grew up in England and was studying social sciences at the University of London.

The wedding ceremony, held at Cinema BDC in Quatre Bornes, was attended by Governor General Dayendranath Burrenchobay, opposition leader Anerood Jugnauth, and others.