Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane

Vishwajit Pratapsingh Rane (born 23 March 1971) is an Indian politician and a cabinet minister in the Government of Goa. The son of former Chief Minister of Goa Pratapsingh Rane, he previously served as the Minister of Health, Agriculture and Craftsmen Training in the Government of Goa led by Digambar Kamat from June 2007 to March 2012. He resigned as the MLA of the Valpoi Constituency and also from the Indian National Congress on 16 March 2017. Rane later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 7 April 2017 and was sworn in as a Cabinet Minister on 12 April 2017 in the cabinet led by Manohar Parrikar.