Ravi Naik

Ravi S. Naik (born 18 September 1946) is an Indian politician who is a former Chief Minister of Goa and member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In 1990, he was part of the team which topped the then ruling Congress party, leading to intercine political instability that dominated much of that decade and more.

Besides chairing committees in the Goa Assembly, he has also been a cabinet minister at the regional (Goa) level holding—at different times—the portfolios of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services, Information & Publicity, Home, Town & Country Planning, Personnel, General Administration, Vigilance, Finance, PWD, Housing, Science and Technology and Printing & Stationery.

According to the official website of the Goa Assembly, he won the 2007 elections on an Indian National Congress ticket from the Ponda constituency, where a total of 24557 votes were polled.

In an interview with Prudent TV (see link below), he defended his handling of the police in Goa, which had come in for sharp criticism during his tenure at their helm as Home Minister.

[3] Opposition politicians and a section of the media highlighted charges by Swedish model Lucky Farmhouse which suggested the Naik or his kin were someway connected with the narcotics controversy.

Ravi Naik in the early 2010s