BJP Goa is set to get a new chief today. Who is Damodar ‘Damu’ Naik?

Naik, from the Bhandari community, joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) erstwhile helium was 6. He joined the BJP arsenic a karyakarta successful 1994 and actively entered authorities authorities successful 1999.

In 2002, helium was elected arsenic an MLA from South Goa’s Fatorda constituency, a spot helium retained successful the adjacent assembly polls successful 2007. Over the years, helium has held respective roles successful the party. He was president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha of Goa from 2002 to 2006. Since 2012, helium has been the party’s wide caput and spokesperson successful the state. From April 2014 to September 2016, helium was the vice president of the Entertainment Society of Goa.

After filing the information connected Friday, Naik said his precedence volition beryllium strengthening the enactment organisation with the enactment of its cadre.

“Sangathan mazboot karna meri prathimikta hai (Strengthening the enactment volition beryllium my priority). I person been moving astatine the grassroots level. The authorities goes for Assembly elections successful 2027. I volition marque definite to instrumentality everyone successful the enactment along,” helium told The Indian Express.

“The BJP is the world’s largest enactment with 15 crore members crossed the state and implicit 4.5 lakh members successful Goa… I person reached this presumption from a elemental karyakarta,” helium said.

Naik has dabbled successful producing determination films and dramas and donned the chapeau of an histrion successful Marathi and Konkani dramas and one-act plays. He produced a Konkani film, Jaagor, successful 2009, which was runners up astatine the 8th All Goa Film Festival. He besides produced a Konkani drama, Sorry Wrong Number, which won a state-level award. He has acted successful films specified arsenic Home Sweet Home, Gunaji and 500 Rupee Note.