Pratima Coutinho Wiki, Height, Age, Husband, Family, Biography & More

Pratima Coutinho

Pratima Betsy Coutinho, better known as Pratima Coutinho, is an Indian politician and advocate. She is the former Chairman of the Goa Metropolitan Council. As of January 2022, she serves as the Vice President and Spokesperson of AAM AADMI Party Goa.

Wiki/Biography

Pratima Coutinho was born in 1974 (48 years old; as of 2022), in Margao Goa. She graduated in law. While in college, Pratima was the principal of the cultural union of the college.

Appearance

Height (approximately): 5’6”

Hair color: brown

Eye color: brown

Pratima Coutinho

family

parents and siblings

Pratima is the daughter of John Mendonsa and Alka Elizabeth Mendonca. Her father is the principal of Santa Rita High School. Her mother is also a teacher. She has two sisters named Sonia Mendonca and Priyanka Mendonca Monteiro.

Pratima Coutinho’s parents

Pratima Coutinho’s parents

Pratima Coutinho’s sister Sonia Mendonca

Pratima Coutinho’s sister Sonia Mendonca

Pratima Coutinho's parents and her sister Priyanka Mendonca Monteiro

Pratima Coutinho’s parents and her sister Priyanka Mendonca Monteiro

husband and children

Pratima Coutinho is married to politician, civil engineer and LIC agent Savio Hugo Coutinho. Savio is associated with the AITC political party. The couple has a son named Pratham Coutinho. They also have a daughter named Sasha Coutinho.

Pratima Coutinho and her husband

Pratima Coutinho and her husband Savio Hugo Coutinho

Pratima Coutinho's son

Pratham Coutinho, son of Pratima Coutinho

Pratima Coutinho's daughter

Pratima Coutinho’s daughter Sasha Coutinho

Profession

When Pratima turned 18, she joined the Youth Congress by paying RE’s membership fee. 1. At that time, Vijai Sardessai was the president of GPYC. When she was 20 years old, Pratima was appointed as the General Secretary of GPYC. Soon after graduating from pursuing law, Coutinho became the president of the Goa Congress Legal Cell. This gave her an opportunity to interact with youth conferences from different states in India. She further represented Goa in various youth conference camps in cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai.

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Pratima Coutinho during youth conference meeting

Pratima Coutinho during youth conference meeting

In one such camp in Andhra Pradesh, called ‘Aam Admi Ka Sipahi’ Pratima addressed a gathering and drew notice from Rahul Gandhi. Her speech was very clear and concise. Rahul was so impressed by her speech that he immediately asked his party members to appoint her as GPYC vice-president. She then served the Youth Congress in various capacities before becoming the President of the Goa Congress Committee. In March 2021, Pratima contested from Navelim Zilla Panchayat Bypoll as the candidate of the Indian National Congress. She was defeated by independent candidate Edwin Cipru Cardoso.

Pratima Coutinho is a member of the Indian National Congress

Pratima Coutinho is a member of the Indian National Congress

She subsequently resigned from her position. She took to Twitter to announce her decision. Pratima wrote,

I, Adv Pratima Betsy Coutinho, do hereby resign from the Principal Membership of the Indian National Congress with immediate effect. “

After her resignation, her seat was occupied by Beana Shantaram, the then Goa Padesh Grand Council.

In March 2021, Pratima joined the AAM AADMI party in the presence of its national convener Arvind Kejriwal. Welcoming her to the AAM AADMI party, Arvind Kejriwal tweeted,

Really happy to welcome one of the most dynamic young leaders of Goa Pratima Coutinho @adv_coutinho. Goa wants change, Goa wants young leaders like her to represent Aam Aadmi in Goa. “

As of 2022, she serves as the Vice President and Spokesperson of the AAM AADMI Party (GOA).

Pratima Coutinho as a member of AAP

Pratima Coutinho as a member of AAP

Pratima is also the former deputy mayor of Margao, Goa. She has also been the former Marketing Chairman of MMC Goa.

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dispute

  • In 2014, the media criticized her husband, Savio Coutinho, for asking people to support Narendra Sawaikar, the PPP candidate for the April elections. However, Pratima later said Savio had her own political ideology and her roots were in the Congress.
  • In March 2021, after Pratima Coutinho resigned as Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress president and joined AAM AADMI party Girish Chodankar, Goa state Congress chief accused She joined AAP with her own selfish interests. He said Pratima had committed political suicide by leaving the Congress. He said, “Pratima still doesn’t understand the political game. In politics, two plus two does not equal four. If she thinks the votes she gets as AAP and the votes AAP gets will be combined, she will win, that’s not how arithmetic works in politics.”

favorite

  • Vacation destination: Dubai

Facts/Trivia

  • Pratima Coutinho enjoys traveling and cooking in her free time.
  • In 2012, she owned a Hyundai i10.
  • Pratima revealed in an interview that her mother gave up her teaching career to take care of her (Pratima’s mother’s) three daughters.
  • Pratima draws inspiration from her father. In an interview, she revealed that her father always treated her like the boy in the family. She further said, talking about her father

    I owe it to my father for always encouraging me to achieve my dreams. “

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