Manohar Parrikar to fly to Delhi for medical treatment today; BJP explores options for Goa CM's post
Panaji, Sept 15 (IBNS): Ailing Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will fly off to New Delhi on Saturday for his medical treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), media reports said.
Parrikar, who returned from the US after a medical check-up last week, was admitted to a hospital in Goa on Thursday evening.
The Chief Minister has been suffering from illness for quite sometime now.
As Parrikar is unable to carry out administrative works regularly, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is leading the state government, is now looking for alternatives for the Goa Chief Minister's post.
Parrikar, a former Defence Minister, assumed his portfolio in 2017 after the BJP managed to garner support from other smaller parties to form a coalition government in the coastal state.
The smaller parties had said they would lend support to the saffron outfit if Parrikar was made the Chief Minister.
Meanwhile, the Congress, which emerged as the single largest party but lacking the majority mark, was left biting dust as it was unable to touch the magic figure.
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