who was also a tourism minister in the Manohar Parrikar-led government after being elected for the first time in 2002, was rushed to a nearby city hospital after he complained of chest pain. He had attended the assembly session earlier in the day and rushed to Canacona, the southernmost taluka to attend the Shigmo festival celebrations. But efforts to save him proved futile. He was 64. Saldanha, who had joined BJP recently and was elected on the party ticket from Cortalim, was sworn in as minister in the Manohar Parrikar government on March 9, 2012. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar was set to present the budget in the Goa assembly today. After the new government was installed, the first session had commenced on Monday, March 19, 2012 and all MLAs had taken the oath of office in the 40-member House. Saldhana was better known as an activist and environmentalist. He had participated in several agitations in the state, including the traditional fishermen's struggle against mechanized fishing, a move to seek diversion of Konkan railway route through the state's hinterland and other environmental issues. He was a teacher by profession and also the founder and chairman of the National Fish Workers' Forum, general secretary of Goenchea Ramponkarancho Ekvott, and member of International Collective of Fish Workers and other organizations. Saldanha was one of the five ministers in the Parrikar cabinet. The BJP had secured 21 seats on its own in the March 3, 2012 assembly elections while Congress was relegated to second place with nine seats, while independents cornered five, Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party three and Goa Vika Party two. Parrikar has announced the postponed the presentation of the budget to Monday.
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