Subhash Bhaskar Velingkar is an Indian politician who is a former member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization based in India.
After Bharatiya Janata Party-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party alliance emerged victorious in the 2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election, they continued the grants which Velingkar opposed and subsequently dropped from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh as the Goa chief due to his decision to float a political party.
[7][8][9] The controversy was initiated by Velingkar, the Hindu Raksha Maha Aghadi chief.
He stated that Saint Francis Xavier was instrumental in bringing in the Goa Inquisition during colonial rule.
Viresh Borkar, newly elected MLA of Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP), accused the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) of being involved with Velingkar in creating the controversy.