He has run a statewide team.
As Goa Congress president from 2022 to 2026 he travelled across the state with workers and citizens, and took up the concerns of farmers, young people, women, fishermen and workers.
The fight for Goa's future continues.
Four years leading the Goa Congress, village by village. Amit Patkar is working for a Goa where land stays with Goans, young people find work at home, and government answers when people ask.
2022 to 2026Led the Goa Congress as state president
672 votesThe margin in Curchorem, 2022, a seat the BJP has held since 2012
40.75%Vote share he won in Curchorem in 2022
Ready for what comes next.
He came within a whisker in a mining-belt seat.
In Curchorem in 2022 he polled 9,301 votes and lost by 672. It is one of the mining-belt seats where jobs, the environment and local benefit are the same conversation.
He keeps Goa's questions on the table.
From the smart electricity meter rollout to government outreach that he calls an election stunt, he asks what ordinary Goans are asking: what does this change for me?
What he is fighting for.
Six things he hears about in every village.
Land, villages and the environment
Goa's fields, hills and coast are not just real estate. Decisions on land use should be open, local and made with the people who live there.
Jobs for Goan young people
Real work at home, so that a Goan graduate does not have to leave the state to build a life.
The mining belt
Livelihoods for families who depend on the industry, with rules that protect water, air and homes.
Power bills people can trust
Smart meters and bills should come with clear answers first, not surprises later.
Farmers and fishermen
The people who feed Goa should have a voice in the decisions that affect their land and their catch.
Government that answers
Outreach is worth something only if problems get solved. Results, not publicity.
In his words.
On the government's Sarkar Tumchya Dari programme: Goans want their grievances solved, he said, not an election stunt. He asked the Chief Minister for concrete outcomes.
He said he would keep pursuing the issues he raised as state president, including opposition to the smart electricity meter rollout.
The fight for Goa's future continues.
His message on leaving the state president's post: strength lies in the people who refuse to give up on Goa, not in titles.
Come and sit at the balcão.
Every Goan village has a porch where the real talking happens. Tell Amit Patkar what is wrong in your village, or join the team that is fixing it.