The Gomantak Lok Pox[1] (GLP; in English: Goa People's Party; in Portuguese: Partido Popular de Goa) was a political party in the Indian state of Goa and in Portuguese India. The last general secretary of the party was Mathany Saldanha.
The GLP is the name given to a historical political grouping that struggled for the liberation of Portuguese India. The party, however, has three distinct historical moments: the first, which runs from 1835 to 1855;[2] the second, from 1948 to 1962;[3] [4] [5] the third from 1970 to 2002.
Between 1948 and 1961 he had George Vaz as secretary-general; Between 1961 and 1962 its representative in the CONCP was Aquino de Bragança.
In the late 1970s, Mathany Saldanha established the "Gomantak Lok Pox"[6] party.
In the state assembly elections 1999, Saldanha was the sole candidate of the party. He stood in the Cortalim constituency and got 1,728 votes (9.81%). In 2002, GLP merged with United Goans Democratic Party, and Saldanha became the general secretary of UGDP.